World Desk, AnyTV, Geneva
Published by: Ajay Singh
Updated Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:09 AM IST
Summary
A day earlier, a UNHCR spokeswoman warned that the exodus of people from Ukraine was continuing on such a large scale that it would be the biggest refugee crisis of this century.
The Russo-Ukraine War is taking a serious form. Russian forces surrounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday for the eighth day. The army has fired a missile at a railway station in Kyiv. This attack has been done when people were being rescued from the station. At the same time, the Russian army has also captured Kherson. However, Ukrainian President Zelensky’s office has given a statement that the fighting is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that one million people have left Ukraine in the last seven days. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantu said people continued to flee into neighboring countries in the western part of Ukraine and more than two lakh people crossed the border with Ukraine since Tuesday.
A day earlier, Mantu warned that the exodus of people from Ukraine was continuing on such a large scale that it would be the biggest refugee crisis of this century. He said the UNHCR had previously estimated that 4 million people could flee Ukraine, but the agency would re-evaluate its forecast.
The latest figures show that more than half i.e. about four lakh 54 thousand people have gone to Poland and more than one lakh 16 thousand have gone to Hungary and 79,300 have taken refuge in Moldova. A total of 69,000 people have gone to other European countries, while 67,000 people have moved to Slovakia.
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The Russo-Ukraine War is taking a serious form. Russian forces surrounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday for the eighth day. The army has fired a missile at a railway station in Kyiv. This attack has been done when people were being rescued from the station. At the same time, the Russian army has also captured Kherson. However, Ukrainian President Zelensky’s office has given a statement that the fighting is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that one million people have left Ukraine in the last seven days. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantu said people continued to flee into neighboring countries in the western part of Ukraine and more than two lakh people crossed the border with Ukraine since Tuesday.
A day earlier, Mantu warned that the exodus of people from Ukraine was continuing on such a large scale that it would be the biggest refugee crisis of this century. He said the UNHCR had previously estimated that 4 million people could flee Ukraine, but the agency would re-evaluate its forecast.
The latest figures show that more than half i.e. about four lakh 54 thousand people have gone to Poland and more than one lakh 16 thousand have gone to Hungary and 79,300 have taken refuge in Moldova. A total of 69,000 people have gone to other European countries, while 67,000 people have moved to Slovakia.