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Political prisoners in russia. this is very bad for civil society in russia. thank you very much — society in russia. thank you very much for _ society in russia. thank you very much forjoining - society in russia. thank you very much forjoining us. - france has reported a record high number of new confirmed coronavirus cases on tuesday. nearly 180,000 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hour period — the highest since the pandemic began. it comes as the french government has announced that it will introduce tighter restrictions amid concerns over the omicron variant. from 3january...

129,000 people arriving in this country in one day. most of them are women and children. they're arriving with nothing. they need a tremendous amount of support, not just in food, medicine, a place to rest, a place to live, but also emotional support. a lot of them are deeply traumatized by what they've been through. the volunteer groups who have been organizing the response over the past nine days or so say they are now starting to get overwhelmed. just when they catch their breath from a wave of refugees coming across, there is another day and another wave. and people really are determined t...

Just that picture, without you even saying anything. that picture, the imagery behind you does not look like the kind of thing that we should be expecting to see in 2022. these are refugees escaping their country with a literally all they can carry. >> yeah, and they are primarily women and children. and, there are coming now in record numbers. there was another record broken yesterday again here in poland. 129,000 people arriving in this country and one day. and, those countries are already up again. this morning, a nearly 40,000 people arriving by 7:00 this morning. these are women and child...

Crossing in poland. a kid living in the midst of war where nbc's ellison barber and that little girl were at a border crossing in poland. but there's another path thousands of refugees are taking to get 20 safety. an hour or two south where nbc's kelly cobiella is tracking the latest. >> reporter: it is now the largest and fastest growing movement of people since world war ii, and the numbers here in poland are astounding. another record number of refugees crossing the border from ukraine. yesterday, 129,000 people. most of them are women and children. they're coming across. they're exhausted....

Will have some hope there. >> that was ali velshi reporting from hungary on the humanitarian crisis happening now. i want to turn to ellison barber on southeast poland near the ukrainian border. as i just mentioned, in poland, border guards there clearing 129,000 ukrainian refugees yesterday alone. nearly a million plus since the start of the war barely two weeks ago. how are they managing this huge influx? >> yeah, the numbers are mind boggling when you look at them, particularly when you look at how quickly so many people have fled. i mean, this is not something that has happened over the co...