get into poland and regarding the people trying to get into romania, the un refugee agency says there are queues that are 20 kilometres long. 660,000 ukrainians have fled their country since the russian invasion of the country last thursday. hour corresponded james waterhouse is in the capital kyiv and gave us this update. we say it most days, but people are especially bracing themselves today. i think given the fact that in the basements underground, the underground stations, people get their news instantaneously, a very instant picture of the large scale conflict that is engulfing their country and they would have seen russian soldiers in the southern city of kherson, intense fighting in kharkiv, a missile landing in the centre on a government building and the satellite image of this a0 mile long convoy approaching their city. and they would have heard once
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they have said they would welcome a fast track for ukraine but other countries in the west are far more cautious. at the dutch prime minister said that now is not a good moment to have that sort of conversation. the german foreign minister pointed out thatjoining the eu is itself something that takes a very long time. and one french official said it was important that the european union does not make promises it won t be able to keep, and that, talking about eu membership for ukraine was something was a long term conversation. something was a long-term conversation. something was a long-term conversation. ., ,, , . conversation. thank you very much. we are going conversation. thank you very much. we are going now conversation. thank you very much. we are going now to conversation. thank you very much. we are going now to the conversation. thank you very much. we are going now to the house - conversation. thank you very much. we are going now to the house of i we are going now t