Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing Mariupol via escape corridors are expected to cross into neighbouring countries within days in a fresh humanitarian crisis.
Doctors are readying themselves for a “massive surge” in people needing help after 20,000 left the besieged port city today, in its biggest evacuation yet.
It will put aid efforts at the borders under even more pressure as medics expect far greater numbers of walking wounded requiring urgent care than previously seen.