Ukrainians Stream Over Borders As Evacuations From Besieged Cities Begin
NDTV
With fighting around many of Ukraine's main cities intensifying under Russian attacks, authorities across eastern Europe are struggling to accommodate the swelling wave of refugees.
Thousands more people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed into central and eastern Europe on Tuesday amid renewed efforts to create safe evacuation routes from cities being bombarded by Russian forces.
Two million people - mostly women and children - have now fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said.
With fighting around many of Ukraine's main cities intensifying under Russian missile and artillery attacks, authorities across eastern Europe are struggling to accommodate the swelling wave of refugees.
"As far as the accommodation is concerned, there are indeed times when it gets very crowded," said Witold Wolczyk, from the mayor's office of Przemysl, a town near Poland's busiest border crossing that has become a transit hub for Ukrainian refugees.
