Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Mar 2022

A woman uses her mobile phone as she sits inside a bus after she crossed the border from Ukraine to Poland, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hoping that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv may end the war soon, though more people were expected to flee in the days ahead.

As the conflict in Ukraine entered its fourth week, about 3.2 million have fled abroad, United Nations data showed on Thursday, in what has become Europe's fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two.

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