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Business Matters: Thousands flee Ukraine as Russian invasion continues

Thousands flee Ukraine as Russian invasion continues

26/02/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Thousands flee Ukraine as Russian invasion continues

Tens of thousands of people have already crossed into countries bordering western Ukraine

Refugee agencies fear up to five million of Ukrainians could try to flee across the border as Russia's war intensifies and casualties mount

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues we look into Mr Putin's strategy with Sergei Markov, former MP with Putin's United Russia Party and now Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Moscow. And the SWIFT banking system is in the spotlight with calls to withdraw Russia's access to it; Germany however  appears reluctant because of the country's reliance on Russian gas. We get analysis from Jakob Schlanz, editor in chief of the energy section of the Tagespiele newspaper in Berlin. The BBC's Adam Easton brings us the latest from Poland, where thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing to. And we're joined throughout the programme by Norman Hermant, ABC’s Social affairs reporter who's based in Melbourne; Jyoti Malhotra, National & Strategic Affairs Editor at The Print in Delhi and Erin Delmore, a political reporter in New York. (Picture description: Ukrainian refugees are seen crossing the Polish border in Medyka. Picture by Attila Husejnow via Getty Images)

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