More than 3,800,000 Ukrainians have left their homeland since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the United Nations announced on Sunday.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that 3,821,049 people have fled Ukraine to date, including more than 48,000 who left yesterday.

In total, more than 10 million people, over a quarter of the population, are believed to have fled their homes, some crossing borders to seek refuge in neighboring countries while others found refuge elsewhere within the country.

The United Nations estimates that about 6.5 million are internally displaced.

Since March 22, the number of people fleeing the fighting and difficult life conditions in Ukraine has clearly decreased to less than 100,000 people per day, and even to less than 50,000 in recent days.

The old continent has not seen such a rapid influx of refugees since World War II.

About 90% of those fleeing are women and children.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that more than 1.5 million children have fled.

Before the Russian invasion, about 37 million people lived in Ukraine in the areas under the control of the government, that is, with the exception of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, and the separatist regions loyal to it in eastern Ukraine.

host countries

Poland alone has hosted more than half of the refugees who have fled since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Since February 24, 2,267,103 refugees have entered it, according to a UNHCR census as of March 26.

Before the crisis, Poland hosted about 1.5 million Ukrainians, most of whom came to work in the European Union country.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has indicated that 586,942 people have taken refuge in Romania, according to yesterday's data.

After arriving in Moldova - the small country of 2.6 million people - some of the refugees continue on to Romania or Hungary, often to join family members.

Moldova, Europe's poorest country, has accepted 381,395 refugees, according to UNHCR statistics as of March 26.

As of March 26, the UN refugee agency says some 349,107 Ukrainians had entered Hungary.


This country includes 5 border posts with Ukraine.

As of March 26, 272,012 Ukrainians entered Slovakia, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Some 271,254 people had sought refuge in Russia by 22 March.

The UN agency notes that 113,000 people crossed the Russian border from the pro-Moscow separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk between February 21 and 23.

As of March 24, Belarus received 6,341 people.

The Commission has deleted the section on other European countries, stating that for countries bordering Ukraine that are part of the Schengen area (Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) the figures given by the High Commissioner are for people who have crossed the border and entered the country.

UNHCR estimates that "a large number of people have continued on to other countries".

In addition, the UNHCR notes that it does not count people from neighboring countries who leave Ukraine to return to their homes.