More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine: UNHCR

BERLIN

: The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 3,556,924, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (

UNHCR

) said on Tuesday, with more than 2 million crossing the border into

Poland

.

"This is another tragic milestone for the people of

Ukraine

and it has been achieved in just under one month," UNHCR spokesperson

Matthew Saltmarsh

told a briefing, adding that 6.5 million people had been internally displaced within Ukraine.

"You are looking at almost one quarter of the entire population. The speed and the scale of this outflow and this displacement crisis is unprecedented in recent times."