independently confirmed. the u.n. also says nearly 2/3 of ukrainian children have been displaced since the war began. unicef adds 1.6 million inside the country may not have enough food. that kind of grief and despair surely being felt inside ukraine. the deputy minister said more than 4300 people were evacuated. now meanwhile the u.n. says the number of people fleeing the country has risen to more than 4.5 million. cnn s selma abdelaziz is following all of this live from the polish border. selma. reporter: yes. so i m at a train station here, max. i m sure you can hear the sounds of women and children. i can t show them to you, but we re basically in a room here in the train station, a safe
actually. you don t know how long the fadeout of coal is going to be. that s probably being discussed today by eu ambassadors but also so that you can escalate, have more fire power, more leverage as the conflict continues. it s clear the sanctions haven t worked so that s why they re doing coal first, the smallest in europe with the view of escalating it into oil and gas. thank you. more than 2 million ukrainians have fled the country to poland. selma abdelaziz joins us next. reporter: max, we are at a train station on the poland/ukraine border. stay tuned to find out more about the refugee crisis herere.
7.1 million people have been internally displaced. that s a 10% increase since the first survey more than three weeks ago. more than 50% of displaced households have children and 57% include elderly family members. on tuesday a ukrainian deputy prime minister said more than 3800 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors and the u.n. reports more than 4.2 million people have now fled ukraine. cnn s selma abdelaziz joins us from a train station near poland and the ukrainian border. the first people to leave were people who had places to go, relatives in nearby countries and other parts of europe. we re now into the groups of people who actually don t have anywhere to go and just have to get out of the country? reporter: more than that, max. the people who fled initially were fleeing in anticipation of
but it s that gamble they re going to have to take to push out a prime minister at a time when they really don t need to because there s no election. there s no investigation and this investigation may take some time which buys him time. selma abdelaziz, thank you very much. ahead on cnn, a look at how desperate the situations of people living in camps in freezing temperatures. plus, no rest for the u.s. another winter storm system is waiting in the wings. quiet weather conditions for now but changes in the store mainly across the central united states where parts of 14 states spanning about 1500 miles under winter weather alerts. we ll touch on this in a few minutes. snow and maybe ice accumulating over the next several days.. se t for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs.
government have to go to trial for this case? i imagine they are certainly gearing up to be prepared to go to trial as soon as next week. jared fishman, i imagine we will have you back. there are so many interesting cases in the news right now. appreciate it. thank you, laura. a failure of leadership and judgment. that s from a british report condemning prime minister boris johnson for a series of private staff parties while the country was under strict restrictions. selma abdelaziz is with us. reporter: today he ll take off and deal with ukraine. he s escaping and buying himself another day. this is a scathing report, christine. it wasn t talking about a couple of parties. it outlined 16 parties. a culture of excessive drinking, a culture of acting above the rules. a culture that ultimately