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One and a half million refugees have so far escaped the fighting in Ukraine, according to the United Nations - with some one million of those fleeing into Poland. Russia says today that it will open new humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to evacuate - but evacuation routes published by Russia鈥檚 RIA Novosti news agency show civilians will only be able to leave to Russia and Belarus.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has been touring the borders of Romania, Moldova and Poland, talking to many of those seeking sanctuary. He says that the refugees he has met with are fearful of the war and the future, and distraught at being separated from their partners - men of conscription age are being asked to stay in Ukraine to fight. He says that humanitarian corridors are desperately needed - not just to provide civilians with safe routes out of Ukraine, away from the conflict zones, but also to allow supplies into the bombarded cities.

Photo: A child in a temporary shelter in a train station in Ukraine Credit: Reuters