Ukraine's neighbours report a dip in the number of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion

 

Ukraine's neighboring countries have reported a dip in the number of refugees this comes as governments and volunteers struggle to find shelter for more than two million people who have already fled the country most of these refugees are women and children people are tearfully partying with their loved ones as the Russian invasion continues our next report brings you more details take a Look the streets of Ukraine's third largest city Odessa were practically deserted on Saturday as the city prepared itself for a possible attack by Russian forces anti-tank defenses and sandbags replaced locals and tourists along the city's main thoroughfares shops and restaurants were closed with many people choosing to stay home while others have fled at the train station many from the neighboring city of Mikalayev boarded trains to escape with the fighting now too close to their home Nikolai resident Alexis Adadera said goodbye to his family through a thick pane of glass his wife on the train tearfully said she hoped this would all end quickly stepping off a ferry in Romania 52 year old Ukrainian Elena Puchkova fought back tears while describing her shock at what was happening to her country only 120 kilometres from Odessa and it's painful inside while Ukraine's neighbors reported a dip in numbers of refugees on Saturday governments and volunteers still struggle to find shelter for the nearly 2.6 million mostly women and children who have fled since Russia's invasion two weeks ago refugees have aimed for cities with established Ukrainian communities and better chances of finding work Kiev resident katarina was sheltering in a makeshift refugee center in dumbraveni Romania it's scary really and many of my friends are there many of my foreign partners who were working in Kiev they also , i'm sorry Guys fighting rage near Kiev on Saturday and Ukrainian officials said heavy shelling and threats of Russian air attacks were endangering attempted evacuations of desperate civilians from encircled towns and cities.