Thousands more refugees cross into central, eastern Europe EU says expects 5 million may end up fleeing war Millions also displaced inside Ukraine People from western Ukraine now on the move KRAKOW, Poland/ISACCEA, Romania, March 14 (Reuters) – People fleeing what had been the relative safety of western Ukraine joined thousands crossing into eastern Europe on Monday after Russia attacked a Ukrainian base near the border with NATO-member Poland. Ukraine said 35 people were killed at the base on Sunday. Moscow said up to 180 “foreign mercenaries” died and a large number of foreign weapons were destroyed. Ukraine also reported renewed air strikes on an airport in the west of the country. read more The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24 climbed to more than 2.8 million, United Nations data showed on Monday, in what has become Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since World […]