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Flow of refugees from Ukraine rises to 2 million people, UNHCR head says

A boy sits on his family's luggage outside the train station as he flees the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

The number of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now increased to 2 million, the head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

"Today the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million people," Filippo Grandi said in a tweet.

Refugees fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine cross the tracks after arriving on a train from Kyiv region at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

(Reporting by Victoria Klesty, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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