More than 1.7 million Ukrainians crossed into Central Europe, the United Nation's refugee agency said on Monday, as thousands more streamed across the borders, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Poland - which has the largest Ukrainian community in Central Europe - has received more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees since the conflict began on Feb. 24, with the milestone passed late on Sunday.
"This is a million human tragedies, a million people banished from their homes by the war," the Polish border guard service tweeted late on Sunday.
A total of 1,735,068 civilians - mostly women and children, as men stayed home to fight - have so far crossed the border into Central Europe, the UNHCR said.
The European Union could see as many as 5 million Ukrainian refugees if Russia's bombardment of Ukraine continues, the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation".
Some Ukrainians have already passed through Central Europe, heading west. In Brussels, student Katerina Debera said she hoped she could build a normal life in Belgium.
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