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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...

The mayor had invited a group of local and geo leaders to his office to discuss the city's response to the influx of refugees.

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 ...

The russians are preparing for an offensive in the east and in the south, and there are seven million displaced ukrainians in ukraine. so whatever happens, if there is an escalation, we might expect another million crossing the polish—ukrainian border. and of course we are at capacity, so that is worrying. so there is a second wave, we will keep on helping, but the conditions will deteriorate, and then we will have to create reception centre or camps for refugees, because we are at the limit. we need to share that responsibility with our friends in europe and elsewhere, because we cannot sim...