1.2 million people have fled to Poland

The number of people have fled from Ukraine to Poland are increasing rapidly

1.2 million people have fled from Ukraine to Poland since the war began, Qazet.az reports according to the Polish Border Guard agency

On Monday alone, 141,500 people crossed the frontier, the agency wrote on Twitter - just under Sunday’s daily record of 142,300.

About 90% of the people fleeing are Ukrainian citizens, mostly women and children. One academic estimates about 40% of refugees have already left Poland for other countries.

Poland was already home to many Ukrainians - estimates range between one and two million people - and a lot have come to stay with family or friends here.

Thousands of Poles are hosting refugees in their own homes too, and today Poland's parliament will debate emergency legislation to compensate those who do for their additional costs.