the city listen, they have maybe 400, thousand maybe more refugees here now. so, the city of warsaw has received more refugees in the last 2 to 3 weeks, then the united kingdom has for many years. they are receiving as many as europe would have in a normal year. you will remember how we the whole europe panicked in 2015 because 1 million crossed the mediterranean to the continent of europe. now poland alone has received 2.2 million, more than twice that in four weeks. so it is mind-boggling really. this forced displacement of people, from a cruel war. we are active and poland, we romania, moldova, but we are scaling up first and foremost
has taken in some 300,000 refugees. the country of poland, more than 2 million refugees. we spoke to the mayor of warsaw who says the generosity of the polish people is endless, but the reality is that there is only so much that the city can do sustainably without this type of care starting to drop. kyung lah, cnn, warsaw, poland. thank you very much for that. russia targeting ukraine s fuel supply, territory changing hands daily on the front lines. we have much more coverage from here in ukraine straight ahead.
states. but, you know, speaking to even jor o senior officials here, they are grateful for the aid that the u.s. is giving, certainly for the anti-tank and airity air weapons that have made a big difference in pushes forces back. especially around kyiv. but of course ukrainians would like to see even more aid. and we ve learned that russia has apparently halted its advance around the capital city, but what is the late thaes you are seeing on the ground there? reporter: well, there is still massive battles going on around kyiv. this is very much a warzone. there is no other way to describe it. and if you look at the north of the city, there are still heavy battles going on, ukrainians launching a counter offensive. and you see video that we filmed today, there are check points throughout the entire city. but they are wary about the
toll that all this has taken, especially in cities that are surrounded by those russian forces, don. all right, fred. thank you very much. we appreciate it. the humanitarian situation is as dire as it gets in mariupol. the city is in ruins after weeks of russian shelling. and now russian forces control the humanitarian corridor in and out of the the city. cnn s phil black now with the very latest. reporter: russia is so close to taking prize of mariupol. these soldiers are already celebrating. the flag going up on this local government building is from one of the russian-backed separatist regions in ukraine s east. the ukrainians peeled off, prays god the almighty, this soldier says. we are working to the order of putin. we get rare glimpses of russia s efforts to take the city street by street.
neighboring poland. we don t know, but we watched the coverage and the president there meeting with folks, and i think it was important for him to be there on that night when they struck a city which had been a relatively safe haven, wolf. i just want you to be i ll see you tomorrow. i just want you to be safe over there. be careful. we will certainly stay in touch. thank you, wolf. i really appreciate that. this is don lemon tonight. i m here in western ukraine in lviv where we re hearing air raid sirens tonight. it happened just moments ago. explosions heard in kyiv and cities across the country just hours before talks between russia and ukraine are supposed to resume in istanbul. president volodymyr zelenskyy is saying ukraine is ready to accept a neutral status as part of a peace deal which would mean they wouldn t be able to join nato. but as russia continues to attack from the air, vladimir putin s forces have stalled in several parts of ukraine. that according to a