>>> MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS
MORNING.
THE NATIONS IS WARNING WE COULD
SEE THE GREATEST REFUGEE CRISIS
OF THE CENTURY AS MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FLED
UKRAINE, MILLIONS MORE MAY
STILL.
AT LEAST 280,000 OF THOSE
REFUGEES ACROSS THE BORDER INTO
POLAND.
NBC'S ELLISON BARBER IS LIVE IN
POLAND ALONG THAT BORDER.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO
UKRAINIANS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY
MANAGED TO GET THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
YOU LISTEN TO U.N. OFFICIALS,
MANY WHO HAVE DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH REFUGEE,
HUMANITARIAN CRISES AND THEY
WILL SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN AN
EXODUS OF THIS MANY PEOPLE THIS
QUICKLY, 1 MILLION PEOPLE
FLEEING UKRAINE IN JUST SEVEN
DAYS.
YOU LOOK OVER HERE AND YOU SEE
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE COME WITH.
THEY HAVE FLED WITH THEIR PETS,
WHATEVER LITTLE BAGS THEY CAN
GRAB, AND FOR MANY PEOPLE HERE
THIS KIND OF MAKESHIFT ALMOST
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE CENTER IS THE
FIRST PLACE MANY OF THEM, THEIR
PETS, THEMSELVES HAVE HAD THE
CHANCE TO HAVE A HOT MEAL IN
DAYS.
THIS HAS BEEN DONATED BY LOCAL
POLES, OTHER LOCAL AID GROUPS.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE HERE WHO
HAVE SPENT DAYS TRAVELING FROM
KYIV, TRAVELING SOMETIMES EVEN
FURTHER, EASTERN UKRAINE, TO TRY
AND GET TO SAFETY, ALL OF THEM
SURVIVORS OF HORROR.
THEFT LEFT BEHIND EVERYTHING
THAT THEY KNOW TO TRY AND BE
SOMEWHERE SAFE.
WE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHO DIDN'T
WANT TO SPEAK ON CAMERA.
SHE FLED WITH HER YOUNG CHILD.
BUT SHE SAID SHE FELT ASHAMED
THAT SHE HADN'T STAYED TO FIGHT.
BUT THE DECISION FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE TO COME HERE, AGAIN, MANY
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WE SEE
GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RECENTLY MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS
THE BORDER.
THE DECISION TO LEAVE EVERYTHING
THEY KNOW BEHIND SO THAT THEIR
CHILDREN, THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE
A CHANCE TO GROW UP SAFELY IS A
BRAVE DECISION.
AND WE HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE MADE THAT CHOICE AND
THEN LEFT BEHIND THEIR OTHER
LOVED ONES, THEIR BROTHER, THEIR
SONS WHO ARE OF FIGHTING AGE,
THEIR HUSBANDS.
THAT ONE WOMAN RIGHT ABOUT HERE
WHO HAD CROSSED TS MORNING,
SHE'S 83 YEARS OLD.
SHE HAS LIVED IN UKRAINE THE
LAST 30 YEARS OF HER LIFE.
SHE WAS BORN IN RUSSIA.
SHE IS UKRAINIAN.
SHE LOVES HER COUNTRY.
SHE LEFT BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER
WHO LIVED IN SPAIN SAID SHE
NEEDED TO GO.
SHE CRIED AS SHE TOLD US SHE
WANTS TO GO HOME BUT GIVEN HER
AGE, SHE THINKS MAY V SHE MIGHT
NEVER BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO
UKRAINE.
LISTEN TO WHAT SHE TOLD US.
>> Translator: I WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW MORE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON.
THE LANDSCAPE HAS GIVEN UP.
THEY'RE TELLING THIS TO US AND
THEY'RE TELLING US, ZELENSKYY
WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
IN MY HEART, IT'S PAINFUL.
I MISS UKRAINE ALREADY.
I JUST WANT TO CRY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW -- I DON'T
I DON'T EVEN KNOW -- I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I JUST CAN'T -- LET ME GO,
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT IT'S SO PAINFUL IN MY HEART.