Ukrainians fleeing into central European urge Western nations to take tougher steps against Russia and enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine
The number of Ukrainian refugees could potentially rise to 1.5 million by the end of the weekend from a current 1.3 million, UN says.
"It's great that the whole world is watching us and supporting us, but it really needs to stop," she added. Russia said its forces had stopped firing near two besieged Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passage to civilians fleeing fighting, but officials in one of the cities said Moscow was not fully observing the limited ceasefire.The number of refugees could potentially rise to 1.5 million by the end of the weekend from a current 1.3 million, according to the head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi.
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