Over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

The numbers fleeing Ukraine have surpassed initial UN estimates that the war could create up to four million refugees.

GENEVA: More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 4,019,287 Ukrainians had fled across the country's borders since the February 24 invasion, with more than 2.3 million having headed west into Poland.