Passenger traffic on the western border of Ukraine on the day of the celebration of the Eastern rite of Easter by Christians has almost halved compared to the recent average – to 33,000, becoming the lowest since the beginning of the war, the State Border Service reported on Monday.
As the agency pointed out on Facebook, the flow to leave on Sunday, April 24, decreased to 16 thousand from 24 thousand the day before, while the flow to enter – to more than 17 thousand from 33 thousand, including Ukrainians – to more than 15 thousand from 30 thousand
Thus, for the fourth day in a row, the entry flow exceeded the exit flow: in total, over these days, according to the State Border Service, 23,000 people entered Ukraine, or 22.3% more than they left.
The agency clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo fell to 120 from 450 the day before.
According to data from the Polish Border Service on Twitter, on April 24, 11.8 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 21.1 thousand the day before. In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 9.8 thousand, which is 35% less than on April 23 (15.1 thousand), and over the first 7 hours of Monday it decreased by another 31% to 1.8 thousand.
In total, since the beginning of the war, the Polish border agency points out, 2.944 million people have entered the country from Ukraine, and 860 thousand in the opposite direction.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 24, a total of 5.23 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which 2.91 million went to Poland, 843.74 thousand to Romania and Moldova. , Russia – 605.82 thousand, Hungary – 492.98 thousand, Slovakia – 355.59 thousand, Belarus – 24.48 thousand.
At the same time, according to the State Border Service, 1.17 million people have entered Ukraine by this date since February 28.
EASTER, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, WESTERN BORDER
