There are now more than half a million refugees from Ukraine in neighboring countries, the United Nations said on Monday, with people desperately heading west to Central Europe following Russia’s invasion last week.
Here is a snapshot of the situation on Ukraine’s borders:
Poland: More than 100,000 people crossed from Ukraine to Poland on Monday, according to the Polish border guards, the highest figure received from Ukraine’s EU neighbors since the invasion began.
As of February 24th, border authorities have allowed at least 377,400 people to enter border crossings with Ukraine, according to a tweet on Tuesday.
The longest queue is at the Medica border checkpoint, said border guard spokeswoman Anna Mihalska.
On the Ukrainian side of this border, a 20-kilometer (12-mile) line of vehicles runs through nearby villages. Residents told CNN that the number of people moving to the border has decreased in the last day.
The first few days of the evacuation were chaotic, with many walking long distances to the border in cold conditions, they said. But now many volunteers from local villages have set up temporary shelters and offered food.
A CNN team at the border has spoken to many non-Ukrainian citizens who say employees still give preferential treatment to Ukrainians crossing the border.
CNN also met with Ukrainian citizens who were waiting in line in their cars, but decided to abandon their vehicles and walk to the border instead because they thought it would be faster.
Many men escort their families to the border, knowing that they will probably be rejected and will not be able to leave. Ukraine has banned military men from leaving the country as it seeks to increase its armed forces.
Slovakia: Waiting times for Ukraine’s borders with Slovakia extend to 35 hours in Ubla, northeast of Slovakia, and up to 12 hours in Vyshne Nemetske, southeast. Another crossroads in Velke Slemence is less congested.
A total of 54,304 people entered the country by Tuesday morning, according to Slovak border police.
According to a spokesman for the agency, security guards have not turned anyone since the beginning of the conflict, which means that such incidents have occurred on the Ukrainian side. Approximately 15,000 people passed through three checkpoints from Sunday morning to Monday morning, about a third of them non-Ukrainians, they said.
Romania: A total of 89,000 Ukrainian citizens crossed the Romanian border after the Russian invasion, and 50,000 then left for other countries, according to official border records.
There was a traffic jam on the border with Hungary, but police confirmed to CNN that the checkpoints are less congested today and people are clearing the checkpoints faster.