More than five million people have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the United Nations’ refugee agency said.
The Geneva-based UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday put the total number of refugees at 5.01 million. More than half of the total, over 2.8 million, fled at least at first to Poland.
Although many have stayed there, an unknown number have travelled onward. There are few border checks within the European Union.
