shelved by russian forces overnight, the players are under control. ukraine says moscow is resurrecting to nuclear terror. and that ukraine s borders the refugee lines grow longer and longer as more and more people are trying to flee. the humanitarian situation just gets worse, day by day, hour by hour. the united nations is now warning that on top of the one million refugees who ve already fled, millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odessa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this
to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odesa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv, she s crossed into moldova without it. it is impossible to understand what has happened, she said. we re living in the 21st century.
millions more could be forced from this country, if the fighting is prolonged. this map shows the extent of the exodus. the larger the arrows, the greater the population flow. refugees are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west. more than 100,000 people have fled to moldova, and our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the palanca border crossing point, about 30 miles from the ukrainian port city of odessa. when odesa flinches, palanca catches the blow. the fear in ukraine s southern city is reflected in the queues, the emotions spilling out at this once little known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter oversubscribed. an official loses control. there s a five year old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv,
the un says that 150,000 people have fled ukraine so far, may to the west, to their western neighbours. in moldova, more than 30,000 people have crossed the border since wednesday, with some waiting in queues of up to 27 hours. our europe correspondent, lucy williamson reports. as russians enter ukraine, women are leaving. the last ten miles before the moldovan border is a queue of wives and mothers, scattered with foreign students, the only men allowed to leave. i meet anna on the moldovan side as she struggled to repack her carfor the next stage of herjourney. six year old ieva keeps her toys close. she had to leave her father and grandfather behind. the tears come as anna tells me about leaving their men in the southern city of odesa, waiting for the russians to come.
saturday morning, so the military airfield home to one of ukraine s four air defence control centres and has been attacked by russian forces. moldova has warned of the humanitarian catastrophe. if the country s already saturated resources are overwhelmed by refugees from ukraine. the number of people fleeing the war in ukraine is so high that the moldovan government says one in eight children is now a refugee. our europe correspondent lucy williamson reports. sometimes, the long, cold journey from ukraine ends here in the emergency department of moldova s ignatenko children s hospital. within the last week, alexei has fled a war, left family and is living in a new country as a refugee. a high temperature almost counts as normal. around a dozen refugee children arrive here every day,