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To wait for this long, especially under these sorts of conditions. they really feel as if theyre being marginalized, theyre angry, understandably, but also, right now because of the freezing temperatures, they are very worried about their own health and safety. like i said, kate, weve been watching people becoming completely delirious due to the cold. >> arwa, thank you so much for being there. thank you for bringing us their stories. this is just one part of the border with ukraine that what ar...

Talks to them. here the numbers they are seeing on the ground, tend to be higher than what we are hearing officially from the polish government, or even the un. it seems like the tally we have, it is not keeping up with how quickly people are crossing the border. joe? >> what is it people need the most? >> everything basic things. if we can, we will walk, it will take me a minute so forgive me, we have to walk across the parking lot. here you can see some people coming out of this green, tent in...

Carrying one luggage. so the situation is really dire. hospitals are overloaded, and if the intensification continues, then we really are witnessing a catastrophic humanitarian situation right now in ukraine. >> youre saying there are millions who have been internally displaced on top of the 1 million also who have fled the country. what are the living conditions like for those who have lost their homes or, you know, are seeking shelter with the icrc or other aid groups? what are they living lik...

Have very good reason to believe theyre personally targeted for either capture or possibly much worse is pretty difficult to imagine. so, i just think theres no reason to trust the russians at this point. >> talk to me about the refugee situation. 100,000 ukrainians have already fled. as many as 4 million could end up as refugees. poland is obviously right there on the front line. are the aid groups even prepared for are this? >> well, theyre trying, andrea. but this has happened -- although the...

Poland along that border. i know youve been talking to ukrainians who have actually managed to get there. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah. you listen to u.n. officials, many who have decades of experience dealing with refugee, humanitarian crises and they will say they have never seen an exodus of this many people this quickly, 1 million people fleeing ukraine in just seven days. you look over here and you see what people have come with. they have fled with their pets, whatever little ba...

Surgeons to ukraine to train surgeons. it seems fine now but these scenarios may soon become reality. civilian training attracts engineers, professionals, all kinds of aid groups suddenly forced by the war to put their own plans on hold. >> i dont understand and know because now its part time and i dont know whats going to be tomorrow. >> lim is teaching people battlefield supply skills, how to place a tourniquet. with 23 years as an army surgeon, he is training doctors to prepare for the type o...

Yugoslavia. these upsetting scenes we see, the mass graves, theyre really quite reminiscent of that horrible period. >> absolutely. the difference, of course, is that the serbs then were an army and they were attacking the muslim civilians who had no army. today the ukrainians are really putting up a fight, but these poor people who are isolated in mariupol and other areas, theyre not armed, theyre not combatants, theyre just on the receiving end. it seems pretty clear that mr. putin is doing th...

Million people fled venezuela in seven months. and how that was a lot of people very quickly. the fighting in syria, started in 2011. by 2013, the un said there were 1 million refugees. so, 1 million people fleeing in just seven days. half 1 million now. that is a staggering number and it is hard for governments, for aid groups, to keep up with. there are lot of the different circumstances aptly as to why some of those numbers maybe were lower, longer. this is a situation where countries have op...

Heres deputy mayor. >> each day mariupol is destroyed more and more. about 90% of our infrastructure is damaged and destroyed. a lot of death. a lot of crying, a lot of awful war crimes. >> take a look at this video of a damaged school. this is in kharkiv as aid groups confirm several cities are now running out of food and water and medical supplies. some towns with only three to four days of food left. lets get right to ivan watson in dnipro. on the signs that belarus may be ready to join the f...

So its just the basic things for survival. and thats what we do every day at shelter box. we respond in some of the worlds most extreme conflict zones, and we provide emergency shelter and the basics, things like blanket, things like ground mats, solar lanterns, water purification, the basic things you need to sustain your life when youve lost everything in an instant. >> and you coordinate your efforts i think with the united nations. how much cooperation is there between the various aid groups...