A refugee in crutches fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine walks near tents at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Friday, March 4, 2022. AP
More than 165,000 people left the country on Thursday _ down slightly from Wednesday's count and well under the nearly 200,000 on Tuesday, which amounted to the peak one-day outflow of people from Ukraine since the conflict began, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Its data portal on Ukraine showed that the majority _ about 650,000 _ had gone to neighboring Poland, and roughly 145,000 had fled to Hungary. Another 103,000 were in Moldova and more than 90,000 in Slovakia.
UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said ``we know that the majority are women, children and the elderly,'' but she was unable to provide a more specific breakdown by age or gender.
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