the borders to neighbouring countries to the west, such as romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. but poland has taken by far the most around 1.25 million people have fled there, almost all of them women and children. some have moved on to other countries. most though are still in poland. our correspondent mark lowen sent this report from the medyka crossing in poland. they grew up hearing of generations past fleeing. never could they imagine history would repeat itself. but the refugees keep coming, more than 2 million now, taking days to get here in the bitter cold. there are no lucky refugees, but at least vladimir and his family are away from the bombs. we have a polish family. they give us a house, a room in his house. they take you into their home? yes, and i feel grateful.
sarah rainsford, bbc news. the united nations says more than 2 million people have now fled ukraine since the start of the russian invasion. the head of the un refugee agency has called it the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war two. people have been crossing the borders to neighbouring countries to the west, such as romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. but poland has taken by far the most around 1.25 million people have fled there, almost all of them women and children. some have moved on to other countries. but most are still in poland. our correspondent mark lowen sent this report from the medyka crossing in poland. they grew up hearing of generations past fleeing. never could they imagine history would repeat itself. but the refugees keep coming, more than 2 million now, taking days to get here
they have arrived day and night at medyka crossing. mothers and their children carrying little. burdened only by the images of what they fled. where is this? chernihiv? chernihiv. reporter: tatiana spent more than two weeks getting to medyka with her niece, nephew, and daughter. traveling by day, and sheltering in basements at night in fear of the sound of constant shelling but she says, worst of all, the sound of planes at night dropping bombs. they drop them on the hospitals where the sick are, she says, on the bakeries where they make bread so we don t have anything to eat. on the water facilities, so we don t have anything to drink. the most scared was when the plane. reporter: for daria, as well, it was the sound of the planes at night that scared her the most on her three-day journey from kharkiv. it was that sound, she says, that forced her and her son from their first underground shelter.
in the month since russia invaded ukraine, 2 million people have left their homes to neighboring hoe land. medica poland. melissa bell joins us live. melissa, what did you find? reporter: it is a ukrainian child entering the union every single second according to officials. that is causing huge logistical problems in europe. for a month now they have arrived day and not at medyka crossing. mothers and children carrying little. burdened only by the images of what they fled. she spent two weeks get to go
ukrainians who go through poland travel on to third countries. germany, meanwhile, has taken 130 ukrainians who were in moldova. germany officials call it the start of an air bridge that will take some 14,000 refugees across europe. now, the great majority of those fleeing the fighting are women and children. men, obviously, as many of you know have been conscripted so families have been broken up. our melissa bell brings us some of their stories from a polish border crossing. reporter: for a month now, they have arrived day and night at medyka crossing. mothers and their children carrying little. burdened only by the images of what they ve fled. where is this? chernihiv? tatiana spent more than two weeks getting to medyka with her niece, nephew, and daughter. traveling by day and sheltering in basements at night in fear of the sound of constant shelling but she says, worst of all, the