War and pics: People continue to flee Ukraine as Russian forces escalate attack
The UN refugee agency estimates that the number of refugees could swell to 4 million by July.
Amid Russia continuing its attack 11 days after invading Ukraine, the number of refugees fleeing the war-torn country could rise to 1.5 million by the end of the weekend on Sunday (March 6, 2022), the UN has said.
The UN refugee agency also estimates that the number of refugees could swell to 4 million by July. Ukrainians who could escape spilt into neighbouring countries like Poland, Romania, Slovakia, among others.
Meanwhile, British military intelligence has said that Russian forces are targeting populated areas in Ukraine but that the strength of resistance was slowing their advance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched what he calls a "special military operation", has reiterated that he wanted a neutral Ukraine that had been "demilitarised" and "denazified".
Here's a look at some pictures showing people fleeing the war-torn country.
People flee from the city of Irpin
People flee Kyiv
A mother and her son fleeing the Russian invasion
A kid at the Romanian-Ukrainian border
People crossing the Ukrainian-Polish border
Refugees fleeing to Slovakia
