would do you absolute good andrew crook, growing organization, thanks for joining us thank now, more than 3.5 million people have now fled ukraine since the start of the russian invasion almost a month ago. of that number, 2.1 million are seeking shelter just across the border in poland at the former england cricketer stewart mika is currently on the polish border with a group of volunteers helping to process these applications great to have you on the program, steward a bit of a change. sel tell us what it is you re actually doing out there well, look, originally, it started with bits and bumps seeing where i could be helpful i was at an animal shelter at one stage. helping at a kid s refugee shelter at one stage then i stumbled across these
for right now. show up, however you can, for the foster kids who need it most at helpfosterchildren.com commissioner for refugees announced today that more than two pavilion people have left you cage hundreds of thousands of ukrainians still trying to make their ways outside of the country as a fighting intensifies. so far, more than 190,000 across the border to hungary. tonight, i m standing at a refugee shelter, a border crossing point in hungary. it is just about 4 am here. most people are sleeping. but i was able to write through a reception area where people from across the border, including families in the young children, could go across the border. . take a look. this is the buffet, the
what they re doing. thank you, melissa, for that report. hurric hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have flocked to the west western city of lviv. salma is at a refugee shelter there. wolf, i m on the campus of lviv university. at peacetime, this would be a gym where you would see sports events held. wrestling matches even, but as you can see now, it is housing hundreds of displaced families. each one of these rows is about 12 beds so of course there is no sense of privacy here for these families. i m going to crouch down because i want to show you how people are sleeping here. this is just a basic wood palate. you have a very thin piece of foam here and a thin mattress. all this bedding you see here has been donated by volunteers. so you re really down to just the basics. we ve seen a lot of children here living in these conditions. some of them for days, weeks,
now say 300 men, women, and children were killed when russia struck that theater turn to refugee shelter in mariupol. all of this comes as the russian seem to be redefining what they call a victory in this war. having been met by really strong resistance, they now claim they were just trying to distract the ukrainian military. whatever the twisted justifications are for russian brutality come ukrainian president has this terrible war on his hands. and every video appearance he calls for more weaponry for his brave shoulders. in fact, it was just reported that they say they could use 500 stingers, 500 javelins, antitank weapons, every single day. experts say the u.s., the west, has to defeat the ammo coming in. back to you. pete: based on the casualty numbers on the vehicles they ve
reach out to your congress people, members of congress and others to urge what she wants and the ukrainian people want, more arms to face putin. thank you. arthel. ask the invasion of ukraine is forcing ukrainian families apart in europe s fastest growing refugee crisis since world war ii. aisha spoke with someone feeling that pain firsthand. she is the wife of a ukrainian nuclear power plant supervisor who is now sheltering and pole involved russian troops occupied the facilities where her husband is working on hostage like conditions for it aisha is now live from poland with more on her story. tell us more. all of the refugee stories are heart wrenching. it s really incredible her name is katerina purdy spoke to her this week. i found her in hiding at a refugee shelter.