If the human misery of the invasion is to be measured by how many people have had to cut and run, uprooting their families and escaping then that figure is big and getting bigger all the time.
The United Nations put it at half a million. That, in less than a week, of course.
More than half of them - 300,000 - are now in Poland. Queuing to get across the border can take three days.
But once there, there are warm welcomes. And most precious of all, safety.
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