More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, according to figures released this Friday by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
In total, the agency has counted 4,796,245 Ukrainians who have left the country. They are joined by 215,000 non-Ukrainians who fled Ukraine, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
It is the most important exodus of civilians since the Second World War.
In addition, the war has resulted in more than 7 million internally displaced persons in the country, according to IOM.
Of the total number of people who fled Ukraine, 2.7 million took refuge in Poland and 725,000 in Romania.
Ninety per cent of refugees are women and children, since men between 18 and 60 cannot leave the country because they could be called to fight the Russians.
In total, two thirds of Ukrainian children have been forced to leave their homes, either to flee abroad or to settle in other parts of the country.
Ukraine had, before the war, a population of 37 million people.
With information from EFE
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