The flow to enter Ukraine through its western border for eight days in a row after May 9 exceeds the flow to exit, the total net inflow to Ukraine over these days amounted to 61 thousand people – these are record figures since the beginning of the war.
According to the State Border Service on Facebook, on May 17, more than 31,000 people left Ukraine, as the day before, while the number of arrivals in the country was 37,000 against more than 41,000 the day before.
The agency clarified that over the past day the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo increased to 239 after falling to 150-190 in the previous two days.
According to the Polish Border Service on Twitter, on May 17, 26 thousand entered Ukraine from the country, while the day before – 26.8 thousand. In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 20 thousand compared to 19.2 thousand the day before.
In total, as indicated by the Polish border agency, since the beginning of the war, 3.442 million people have arrived from Ukraine to Poland, and 1.358 million people from Poland to Ukraine.
According to the UNHCR, as of 13:00 on May 16, a total of 6.267 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which 3.377 million went to Poland, 977.91 thousand to Romania and Moldova, and 850 to Russia. .53 thousand, Hungary – 610.08 thousand, Slovakia – 424.03 thousand, Belarus (data for May 12) – 27.31 thousand.
At the same time, according to the State Border Service, 1.821 million people have entered Ukraine by this date since February 28.
