Since the escalation of the war in February 2022, until mid-October 2024, nearly 6.8 million refugees4 from Ukraine have been recorded – 92 per cent of them in Europe. Inside Ukraine, an estimated 3.6 million people5 remain internally displaced as of October 2024.
Among the most vulnerable are also an estimated 12.6 million as of March 2025 people who were not displaced from their homes but who have been directly affected by the war – they have been wounded, their homes have been destroyed, their family members died.
Civilian infrastructure, such as power grids, water supply networks. hospitals transportation infrastructure, have been targeted by the daily missile attacks, severely disrupting people’s lives across the whole country, and particularly in the East.
28.02.2022
We spent the night in Ukraine. We managed to enter the country at the border crossing in Kroscienko. More than 4000 cars are waiting here for clearance to cross the border. The people we met in the queue at Chyrów (about 15 km from the border) will reach the crossing on Thursday or Friday. There are mothers with small children in their cars. Some are ill. As during all our recent night duties, the needs are the same – warmth.
Hot tea, energy bars and chocolate are a real help so that people, weakened by the long journey and the long wait, can move on. We noticed that there are no sanitary facilities on the Ukrainian side. We passed only one toilet over a dozen or so kilometres.
Today the media reported that women and children will be allowed into Poland without clearance. It is evident at the borders that both sides are keeping formalities to a minimum. The whole situation is complicated by the fact that there are men present in every other car. They have to prove that they are not covered by the order of general mobilisation. In this situation, even a change in the rules may not solve the problem of queues stretching back for miles.
Thank you to everyone who is helping us reach out to those in need. Tonight we received extraordinary support from Ukrainian border guards. Not only did they facilitate our entry into the country, but they helped distribute hot tea.
We do not yet know where we will be tonight, but we will certainly do our best to get to where we are most needed.
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