2.5 million people have now fled Ukraine: UN

By AFP.

Published March 11, 2022 at 11:37 am

People walk after crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland, at Medyka border crossing on March 10, 2022. - The UN says at least 2.2 million people have fled Ukraine, with more than half now in Poland. It has called the exodus Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

Two and a half million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, the United Nations said Friday,

“Two and a half million people have now fled Ukraine, including 116,000 third-country nationals,” Paul Dillon, spokesman for the UN’s International Organization for Migration, announced on Twitter.