More than 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion a month ago, the UN says. The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, says 3,772,599 Ukrainians have fled the country — an increase of 46,793 from the previous day’s figure.
Around 90 per cent of them are women and children. The UN estimates that another 6.5 million people are displaced in Ukraine.
In his latest video address, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated a call for planes while urging allies to supply Ukraine with more weapons.
“We need more ammunition. We need it to protect not only Ukraine but other Eastern European countries that Russia threatened to invade,” he said.
Russian forces have taken control of a town where staff working at the Chernobyl nuclear site live and briefly detained the mayor, sparking protests, Ukrainian officials have said.
In other areas, Ukrainian forces have recaptured the northeast town of Trostianets, near the Russian border, one of the first towns taken in the Russian invasion.