‘I wish this war would end’: Ukrainian refugees reach 2.8M

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JUSTIN SPIKE
Associated Press

PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago. The pace of the exodus has slowed in recent days but tens of thousands of people continued to arrive Monday in countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania. Some of the refugees reported seeing Russian troops targeting civilians in Ukraine. An attack Sunday on a Ukrainian military base near the border with Poland has led to fears in the West that the fight was edging closer to the European Union and members of the NATO military alliance. One Ukrainian refugee arriving in Poland begged NATO to intervene, saying “Close the sky, everything else we will do ourselves.”