Nearly 157,000 Ukrainians enter Belarus since Feb 24, 2022 - Border Committee

MINSK. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Nearly 157,000 Ukrainian citizens have entered Belarus since February 24, 2022, the Belarusian State Border Committee said on Friday.

"In all, 156,917 Ukrainian citizens have arrived in the Republic of Belarus since February 24, 2022, including 15,922 people via the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, 105,023 people in transit via Poland, 31,364 via Lithuania, and 4,608 via Latvia," it said.

This year alone, 10,425 citizens of Ukraine have entered Belarus, it said.