More than 5 million people have fled Ukraine, says UNHCR

[April 20, 2022]   OSLO (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 is now 5,010,971, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

Ukrainian refugees walk after crossing the Ukraine-Poland border, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Medyka near Przemysl, Poland, April 10, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege

(Reporting by Gwladys Fouche and Karlotta Weber, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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