PEOPLE HAVE LEFT UKRAINE SINCE
RUSSIA'S INVASION BEGAN MORE
THAN 2 MILLION HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED WITHIN THE COUNTRY
THAT REPRESENTS NEARLY 10% OF
UKRAINE'S ENTIRE POPULATION.
ALL NOW SEEKING A NEW HOME
AWAY FROM THEIR WAR TORN
COUNTRY OR AWAY FROM THEIR
CITY. THAT IS BEING BOMBARDED.
NBC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT JAY GRAY.
>> JOINS US NOW FROM THE
BORDER OF POLAND AND UKRAINE
WHERE HE HAS BEEN BRINGING US.
JUST INCREDIBLE REPORTING
EVERY MORNING JAY, GOOD TO SEE
YOU. SO WHAT IS THE SITUATION
LIKE ON THE GROUND THERE
TODAY. YESTERDAY WHEN WE CAME
TO YOU, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY
MASSIVE LINE THAT HAD FORMED
IN JUST THE LAST FEW HOURS
SINCE BEFORE WE CAME TO YOU.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TODAY AND WHAT
RESOURCES LIKE IN THESE BORDER
CITIES.
>> BIT DIFFERENT TODAY. AND
JUST TO PLAY OFF WHAT CLINT
SAID WITH THE STATION WILL
WE'VE GOT A TRAIN COMING IN
FROM ODESSA TODAY. SO PEOPLE
TRYING TO ESCAPE THEIR THAT
THERE IS A INTENSE FIGHTING
THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THAT
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE
A LOOK AROUND THE TRAIN
STATION. WHAT YOU SEE THAT'S
DIFFERENT TODAY. FIRST BLUSH
IS THE FLOOR FOR YOU COULDN'T
SEE THE FLOOR. THERE WERE SO
MANY PEOPLE PACKED IN FOR SO
BUT WE ARE STILL SEEING
CONSTANT MOTION HERE AND WE
ARE STILL SEEING FAMILIES THAT
ARE COMING LOOKING FOR SAFETY.
YOU ASKED ABOUT THE RESOURCES
IN THIS AREA, THEIR STANCE
THAT THEY THEY ARE IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN TAKE IN ANY
MORE LONG REFUGEES AND WE'RE
HEARING THE SAME IN THE 2
LARGEST CITIES IN POLAND,
WARSAW AND KRAKOW. NOT NOW
THEY'VE GOT ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO
COME IN AND. STAY A COUPLE OF
NIGHTS. GET THERE. THERE
BREATH AND FEET UNDER THEM AND
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING
TO GO. WHAT WE'RE SEEING MORE
OF TODAY. AND I FIND THIS
INTERESTING BECAUSE THE
APPEALS BEEN MADE BY THE
MAYORS OF BOTH, THOUGH WORSE
ON KRAKOW. WE'RE SEEING MORE
PEOPLE FROM AREAS MUCH FURTHER
WAY FENLON ITALY SPAIN. PEOPLE
THAT ARE SHOWING UP HERE IN
SAYING I CAN TAKE A FAMILY OF
4. I CAN TAKE 2 PEOPLE. I HAVE
A PLACE WHERE 6 PEOPLE CAN
STAY. AS I SAW A SIGN ON THE
WALL SAYING, LOOK, I'LL PAY
FOR YOUR AIRFARE AND JUST
PAYING GET YOU HERE AND SET
YOU UP. AND SO THEY ARE
GETTING THAT OUTSIDE HELP THAT
THEY DESPERATELY NEED. AGAIN.
I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE TAIL
END OF THE FIRST WAVE OF
REFUGEES MOVING THROUGH WHAT
THE UN IS TELLING US. WHAT
UNICEF HAS SAID IS THAT THE
SECOND WAVE IS GOING TO BE
EVEN BIGGER AND THAT IT IS ON
THE WAY. AND AND MOVING HERE
PRETTY QUICKLY.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS. J MEAN.
WOW. THAT IS JUST SO
HEARTENING TO HEAR PEOPLE
COMING FROM HIS COUNTRY SO FAR
WHEN OFFERING AND TO PAY FOR
AIRFARE. AND NOW THE NUMBERS,
OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED AT
THE TOP OF THIS EXODUS OR I
MEAN, THEY'RE JUST STAGGERING.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT REALLY
HEARTBREAKING STATISTIC. THIS
FROM A NEW REPORT FROM UNICEF
ALMOST ONE CHILD PER SECOND IN
UKRAINE IS BECOMING A REFUGEE
MAY OF THIS WAR. I MEAN, IT
REALLY IS. IS THERE ANY TO A
SPECIAL SERVICE TAYLOR TO
THESE CHILDREN. WE ALSO KNOW
MANY OF THEM ARE COMING ALONE
WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS EITHER A
FATHER STAYING BACK BEHIND OR
JUST BEING SENT ACROSS THE
BORDER TO SAFETY. LET'S WHAT
HAPPENS FOR THEM ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE
>> IT IS STUNNING AND WE HAVE
HEARD THE SAME STORIES ABOUT
KIDS WHO ARE COMING 11 YEARS
OLD WITH JUST NOTES PINNED TO
THEIR CLOSING.
>> MY DAD, MOM STAYED BEHIND
TO FIGHT AND I HAVE A RELATIVE
HERE RIGHT. NEED A PLACE TO
STAY EVERY BORDER CROSSING WE
GO TO EVERY PLACE THAT WE GO
TO HERE HAS A SPECIFIC AREA
FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND A
SPOT WHERE CHILDREN CAN STAY
AND BE SEPARATED FROM THE
CHAOS THAT GOES ON OUT IN THE
MAIN AREAS HERE. THEY ARE ALSO
EVERY STOP WE'VE BEEN TO,
INCLUDING THIS ONE HAD FOR
CHILDREN WHERE THERE ARE
STUFFED ANIMALS BOY, THAT
SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING, BUT IT
MEANS THE WORLD TO SO MANY OF
THESE KIDS WHO ARE COMING IN.
THEY'VE GOT SPOTS WHERE THEY
GET CANDY. AND THERE ARE
PEOPLE ACTIVELY WALKING AROUND
HANDING OUT A CHOCOLATE AND
SUCKERS AND THAT REALLY MAKES
THE CHILDREN CHILD'S FACE
LIGHT UP FOR A SECOND AS THEY
COME THROUGH. I WANT TO SAY,
THOUGH, AND YOU KNOW, BEEN ALL
AROUND THE BORDER AREAS HERE.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PLACE I
GO THAT I DON'T SEE MORE THEN
ADULTS IT. IT'S USUALLY A MOM
WITH 2 OR 3 CHILDREN. WE HAD A
FAMILY HERE TODAY WITH 5,
INCLUDING NEIGHBORS, KIDS
BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS STAYED
BEHIND THOSE. SO THE MOM AND
AN OLDER DAUGHTER HELP WITH
THE NEIGHBORS KIDS TO GET THEM
TO SAFETY AND THAT THOSE ARE
THE KIND OF STORIES YOU JUST
HEAR REPEATEDLY HERE.
HEARTBREAKING. BUT GREAT TO
SEE THEM DOING WHAT THEY CAN
TO TAKE CARE OF THESE KIDS. J.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING IS ARE
PEOPLE SONS AND DAUGHTERS MAY
BE.
>> A BROTHER OR A SISTER NOW A
REFUGEE JUST SO TOUGH JAY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT