#Ukraine_Refugees: The EU has revised its estimates of the expected number of Ukrainian refugees. The figures will be double what was previously estimated and may reach up to 5 million people. This is almost 12% of the Ukrainian population and 5 times more than during ⤵️
the 2015 refugee crisis. The refugee crises orchestrated last year by the Lukashenko regime on the border with Lithuania and Poland seem nothing compared to the exodus of the Ukrainian population driven by Russian military aggression. Moscow is trying to get some of these ⤵️
flows to Belarus and Russia by offering six "green corridors" with exits to the east. It seems that Russia competes for the Ukrainian population that is currently fleeing to the West.
An accurate infographic about the dynamic of the refugee flows. cc: @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 
When I wrote about the refugee crisis triggered by Russia's aggression against Ukraine (when all eyes were solely on the military buildup), I was referring to a large-scale exodus as a serious risk to be addressed (photo from Kharkiv). Ukraine will need the support of the V4 ⤵️
countries and the Baltic nations to take care of the refugees. For example, Poland or Hungary have more capacities available than others because they did not participate in the relocation schemes after 2015 refugee crisis when Germany absorbed the main part of the refugee flow.
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