shelved by russian forces overnight, the players are under control. ukraine says moscow is resurrecting to nuclear terror. and that ukraine s borders the refugee lines grow longer and longer as more and more people are trying to flee. the humanitarian situation just gets worse, day by day, hour by hour. the united nations is now warning that on top of the one million refugees who ve already fled, millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odessa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this
to control the narrative, as his war claims ever more ukrainian and russian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. the humanitarian situation just gets worse, day by day, hour by hour. the united nations is now warning that on top of the 1.2 million refugees who ve already fled, millions more could be forced from this country if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson is on the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odesa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this
millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odessa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv,
and i will say the welcoming posture that the frontline states have taken toward those refugees. that has to be commended. poland has done away with all covid-related requirements, all paperwork requirements, basically just show any id you can come across. now, it does take time to come across. but just to stress, this is an overwhelming crisis. and the systems are in place to deal with some population flow. but the systems are going to be ramped up dramatically on this side of these borders in the next day or two. a lot of coordination now from yourselves and others about the humanitarian effort. but has the west been napping on this one? i spoke to senator mccain in 2014 in kyiv, and he said we need to support kyiv and ukraine militarily, get them into nato quickly. do you think the west has been caught napping? look, the united states has been out there for months warning of this invasion.
worse, day by day, hour by hour. the united nations is now warning that on top of the 1 million refugees who ve already fled, millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west, including romania, slovakia, hungary, moldova and poland, which has so far seen the highest number of people cross its border. nick thorpe sent this report from hungary. the waiting room at zahony railway station, another resting spot on a never ending journey. even magical creatures standing by to help. refugee trains leaving every couple of islands for the capital. of hours for the capital. now boarding on platform one. no ticket needed. sometimes it s alljust too much. only four hours from