According to High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR5,034,439 Ukrainians have left their country since the start of Russia’s aggression, 53,850 more than the figure published on Tuesday.

” After eight weeks of conflict, we now have five million, and countless, five million unique stories of loss and trauma. “

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), also attached toUnited NationsUNsaid that more than 218,000 non-Ukrainians, mainly students and migrant workers, have also left Ukraine for neighboring countries, meaning that more than 5.25 million people in total have fled Ukraine since the beginning the war.

Women and children represent 90% of these refugees, men aged 18 to 60 are likely to be mobilized and have no right to leave.

Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children have had to flee their homes, including those still in the country.

Meanwhile, nearly 7.1 million people have left their homes but are still in Ukraine, according toInternational Organization for MigrationIOM.

Prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine had a population of 37 million people in areas under its government control. This figure does not include Crimea (south) which was annexed in 2014 by Russia, and the eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian separatists.

Nearly six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees (2,825,463) are in Poland, which hosts the largest number, although some of them have moved to other European countries.

At the same time, less than 740,000 people crossed the Polish border into Ukraine, according to Polish border guards.

Before the war, approximately 1.5 million Ukrainians lived in Poland, mostly migrant workers.

A total of 757,047 Ukrainians left their country to enter Romania, many of them came through Moldova, which is landlocked between Romania and Ukraine.

Most continued their journey to other countries.

The number of refugees in Russia stood at 549,805 on Tuesday, April 19th.

the High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR also mentioned that between February 18 and 23, 105,000 people crossed from the pro-Russian separatist territory of Donetsk and Lugansk (eastern Ukraine) to Russia.

A total of 471,080 Ukrainians entered Hungary.

The Moldovan border is closest to the main Ukrainian port of Odessa.

According to High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR, 426,964 Ukrainians entered Moldova, a former Soviet republic and a small country with 2.6 million among the poorest in Europe on Tuesday. Most of these refugees continued their journey to other countries.

A total of 342,813 refugees have arrived from Ukraine to Slovakia since the war began, according to figures from High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR dated April 19.

On Tuesday, 23,759 Ukrainians took refuge in Belarus, a close ally of Russia.

the High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR It is specified that for the countries bordering Ukraine that are part of the Schengen area (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), the numbers presented by the High Commission count those who crossed the border and entered the country. the High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR appreciated that large numbers of people continued their journey to other countries.

In addition, the organization indicates that it does not count people from neighboring countries who leave Ukraine to go home.