More than 6.5 million people have fled Ukraine - U.N. agency

[May 23, 2022]  BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 6.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion in late February, the U.N. refugee agency said.

Ukrainian refugees from Mariupol region board a bus bound for Poland, at a registration and humanitarian aid center for internally displaced people, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Since Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, 6,538,998 refugees have left Ukraine, with the majority of them entering Poland.

(Writing by Miranda Murray; Editing by Paul Carrel)

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