streaming into a ukraine from belarus. the russians expected this to be easy and it wasn t, as a result of that they have resorted to doing something that nobody expected them to do. and that is begin in a bombard population cities. this, as we already know, has caused a great deal of refugees strain. some estimates are that ultimately, there will be somewhere between two and 4 million ukrainian refugees, streaming into poland and romania. one of the reasons we have american troops, so many american troops in poland, is to assist the polish government in dealing with the enormous number of refugees, that are streaming across. there is something like half 1 million, already in poland, or on their way there. this is going to get more difficult, much more difficult for the ukrainian people, as time goes on.
i can t count every single i won t count every single artillery shell or missile strike, because they continue to bombard population centers through the air. that s mariupol.chernihiv. it s kharkiv. it certainly is kyiv. but generally where we see them prioritizing the airstrikes now it s in the north. with the exception of mariupol it s largely in the north. it s kyiv. it s still kharkiv. it s still chernihiv. and it s in the donbas. when we re talking about what they re doing in the donbas we know they added now private military contractors. we know they re prioritizing some of their airstrike activity about in ways they weren t doing before. and we know that they re considering other ways of reinforcing as well as what i said yesterday is you know, we can see them make a concerted effort to try to occupy more territory in the donbas.
not, i can t count every single, and i m not going to count every single artillery shell or missile strike because they continue to bombard population centers through the air. that s mariupol. that s chernihiv. it s kharkiv. it certainly is kyiv. but generally where we see them it s in the north. it s largely in the north. it s kyiv, it s still kharkiv and it s in the donbas. we know they added private military contractors. we know they are prioritizing some of their air strike activity there in ways they weren t doing before. we know they are considering other ways of reenforcement. as well as we can see them make a concerted effort to try to occupy more territory in the
seen them prioritize airstrikes in the donbas area. so if you look at again, you can t i can t count every single, i m not going to count every single artillery shell or missile strike, because they continue to bombard population centers, mariupol, kyiv, but generally where we see them prioritizing the airstrikes now, it s in the north, with the exception of mariupol, largely in the north. it s kyiv, it s still kyiv, it s still chernihiv and it s in the donbas. talking about what they are doing in the donbas, added now private military contractors, we know that they are prioritizing some airstrike activity there in ways they were not doing before and we know they are considering other ways of reinforcing, as well as what i said yesterday is