At the Ukrainian border: 'This is not over yet. It’s only getting started'

Volunteers from all over Europe and aid agencies have converged on the Polish-Ukrainian border, helping over a million refugees who have already fled Ukraine. But the stark message from those who know how disasters unfold is that the worst is yet to come 
At the Ukrainian border: 'This is not over yet. It’s only getting started'

A humanitarian aid centre in Polish town of Przemysl, near border with Ukraine.

The numbers involved in the Ukraine war defy comprehension. 

By Tuesday, over one million Ukraine people had already crossed the border into Poland, fleeing the war started by Vladimir Putin’s Russia in the early hours of 24 February, just 11 days earlier.

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