am i ready? i can t tell you everything. but if you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots. we going to the league! more than 3 people have fled ukraine since the start of the russian invasion. so far, more than half of all ukrainian refugees have gone to poland, and that s where ed lavendera is. ed, what are you seeing today? reporter: hey, ana, here on the polish-ukrainian border, we are still seeing the influx of
jobs, some of the football player has done, as some of the journalists has done. that takes a huge amount of bravery, and undoubtedly consequences further down the line. the russian government warned even the street protesters, year actses can affect your livelihoods and careers going forward. nic, thank you. ana, the brave have i is extraordinary and we ll continue to follow what happens to here. my understanding is now france will offer her protection. we ll continue to be on that. more than 3 million people have fled ukraine. that s more than a million people a week. most of those refugee versus gone to poland. we ll share one of their stories with you, next. rs! let your queries be known. yeah, hi. instead of letting passengers wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname.
travel 500 kilometers. and that was, i would consider, on the easy side compared to today, because things are getting tenser in kyiv. the russians are attempting to surround the city. so, getting out of kyiv may become more problematic with time. and just quickly, if you will, i know you have been your organization s been around since 2014 when russia annexed crimea. this is obviously a different beast. did you ever imagine it coming to this? ana, i knew they were going to be problems. but i had no idea it would be to this extent. honestly. i ve been living in this country for over 20 years, and we have a number of businesses. my wife and i. i ve been in agriculture. i work with franklin covey. i m a partner in franklin covey international here, but i had no
devastation. an advisor to president zelenskyy says 2,500 civilians have died here. hundreds of thousands remain trapped out food or power. a local official says it is so bad people are melting snow just to have water to drink. john is a volunteer director with the charity, ukrainian education platform, and he s joining us now. john, thanks for taking time with us. who exactly are you helping right now, and what condition are people in when they reach you or you reach them? ana, thank you for having me on. we re helping the idps objr the internally displaced people from the war zones to get to pliaces of safety, so basically, what we provide are services in municipalities, in the safe areas, where people can go for temporary accommodations, which we provide for, and then to move on either further to western ukraine in cities like lviv or
city under fire. what s the biggest need right now? the biggest need right now are medicines. i think there are plenty of clothing is coming in. mattresses, pillows for people, food distribution is still badly needed. chlorination for water, because, as i heard in your previous discussion, people are basically melting snow. so, water filters are needed. things like that, ana. you re in western ukraine. i understand your wife just arrived from kyiv. how s she doing, and what more are you learning about the situation for people there in the capital city? well, my wife arrived. it s probably been a week. it took her about 24 hours to