Ukrainian Border Service updates border crossing statistics

MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - The number of people who left Ukraine through its western borders from November 12 to 18 decreased by about 5,000 to 240,000 compared to the previous week, while the number of people entering Ukraine decreased by about 15,000 to 232,000 in this period, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the State Border Service's information available on social media.

The number of cars that crossed Ukraine's western borders declined to 127,000 from 131,000, while the number of vehicles cleared to carry humanitarian aid decreased to 448 from 595 in this period.

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency information as of November 15, a total of 15.354 million people departed Ukraine over the time of the crisis, with 7.584 million of these having crossed into Poland, 2.852 million Russia (as of October 3), 1.746 million Hungary, 1.526 million Romania, over 936,000 Slovakia, about 693,000 Moldova, and about 16,700 Belarus.

At the same time, according to the UN, 7.747 million people entered Ukraine between February 28 and November 15, exclusive of those who arrived from Hungary, Russia, and Belarus.