Net outflow of people from Ukraine up last week - Ukrainian Border Service

MOSCOW. Jan 30 (Interfax) - The number of people who departed Ukraine was larger than the number of those who entered it by about 17,000 between January 21 and 27, compared to 12,000 a week before, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the State Border Service's information available on social media.

The number of people who left Ukraine increased to 244,000 from 242,000, while the number of people entering Ukraine decreased to 227,000 from 230,000 from January 21 to 27, the service said.

The number of cars that crossed Ukraine's western borders increased to 123,000 from 118,000, while the number of vehicles cleared to carry humanitarian aid increased to 504 from 494 in this period.

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency information as of January 24, a total of 17.924 million people have departed Ukraine since the start of the crisis, with 9.182 million of these having crossed into Poland, 2.852 million Russia (this figure has not been updated since October 3, 2022), 2.118 million Hungary, 1.871 million Romania, 1.128 million Slovakia, over 755,000 Moldova, and about 16,700 Belarus.

At the same time, according to the UN, 9.77 million people entered Ukraine between February 28, 2022 and January 24, 2023, exclusive of those who arrived from Hungary, Russia, and Belarus.