Over 396,000 Ukrainians enter Belarus since Feb 24, 2022

MINSK. May 5 (Interfax) - More than 396,000 citizens of Ukraine have entered Belarus since the end of February 2022, the Belarusian State Border Committee said.

"As many as 396,149 Ukrainian citizens have arrived in the Republic of Belarus since February 24, 2022, including 16,022 in transit through the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, 296,418 through Poland, 75,856 through Lithuania, and 7,873 through Latvia," the committee said in a statement.

A total of 28,786 Ukrainian citizens have entered Belarus since the beginning of this year, including 16 via the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, 22,869 through Poland, 5,561 via Lithuania, and 340 via Latvia, it said.