invaded, and witnessed the devastation in the city of kharkiv, as intense fighting continues in the region. now on bbc news our world. six million people have fled ukraine, half of whom have gone to next door poland. during a week in april, our world follows warsaw s mayor rafal traskowski. on the 24th of february, russian president vladimir putin ordered a military invasion of neighbouring ukraine. reporter: russian troops i are closing in on the capital, and in the last few hours multiple exposures have been reported. multiple explosions. the invasion trigger the largest refugee crisis in europe since the second world war. almost six million ukrainians have fled the country. reporter: more than half of those who have left are now in poland - where local people are providing accommodation, food and other support. reporter: the population | of warsaw is nearly at nearly 20% in just two weeks. the mayor saying they can t handle the millions more that are expected to come
it is symbolic. we sometimes need symbols, and of course this building should also serve the ukrainian community in warsaw, i hope as soon as possible. the mayor was meeting with the ukrainian ambassador to formally claim ownership of the building.
like hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees in warsaw, vera is starting to confront the reality that she may not be going home any time soon. we have guaranteed ukrainians a citizen like status, they have access to free education, to free healthcare and social policy. so now, the biggest problems are the problems of long term. most of these people are going to stay with us for months or years. there are thousands of ukrainian refugees looking for accommodation in warsaw, so the mayor is taking a major step to reclaim russian owned property which can then be used to house refugees. that is the property of the russian embassy, it is called a spy building, in warsaw, because that is where most of the russian diplomats were housed for years. this building is in a very bad state, but the idea is to give it to the ukrainian refugees.
invaded, and witnessed the devastation in the city of kharkiv, as intense fighting continues in the region. now on bbc news our world. six million people have fled ukraine, half of whom have gone to next door poland. during a week in april, our world follows warsaw s mayor rafal traskowski. on the 24th of february, russian president vladimir putin ordered a military invasion of neighbouring ukraine. reporter: russian troops i are closing in on the capital, and in the last few hours multiple exposures have been reported. multiple explosions. the invasion trigger the largest refugee crisis in europe since the second world war. almost six million ukrainians have fled the country. reporter: more than half of those