Many people have been waiting in this cold for 60 hours in long queues of up to 15km to cross the Polish border. Those entering Romania are waiting more than 20 hours. People have been forced to leave their homes with children and elderly people hungry and thirsty.
Today is the eighth day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The attacks are still going on from the Russian side. The Russian army has surrounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv from all sides. The Ukrainian army is also fighting them. An air strike alert has been issued in Ukraine. Thousands of soldiers and civilians on both sides have lost their lives.
A Russian has been arrested in Ukraine amid the war. It is being claimed that the captured soldier has said that he was also ordered to kill civilians. On the other hand, the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution asking the Russian army to leave Ukraine.
everywhere the scene of devastation
Russia’s invasion has destroyed more than 10 cities in Ukraine. Many princely areas have suffered great damage and many buildings have turned into ruins. Roads are deserted and deserted. Even many Ukrainians have fled their homes. According to media reports, there is an atmosphere of despair and fear everywhere. Helplessness is visible on the faces of those who have survived. Thousands have taken shelter in bunkers to escape the bombings.
How many countries left?
The United Nations estimates that one million refugees have moved from Ukraine to neighboring countries such as Poland and Hungary by the seventh day of the Russian invasion.
At the same time, the European Union estimates that 4 million people could try to leave the country due to the Russian attack. Refugees are mainly reaching not only Poland and Hungary, but also Romania, Slovakia and Moldova, but also Russia and Belarus.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says we can take in 200,000 Ukrainian refugees. Refugees who have gone do not need documents to go to neighboring countries, but must have passports, birth certificates of children traveling with them and medical documents.
People stand in queue for 60 hours
According to the United Nations, Poland has so far given asylum to 505,582 refugees. Poland is also preparing a medical train to transport injured Ukrainians and has made a list of 1,230 hospitals for their treatment.
For Ukrainians, Poland has been their first choice in recent years. It is estimated that more than one million Ukrainians have settled there since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. According to media reports, many people have been waiting in long queues of up to 15 km in cold weather to cross the Polish border for 60 hours. Those entering Romania are waiting more than 20 hours.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, wrote on Twitter: “For the many millions more people inside Ukraine, it’s time to put the guns down, to provide life-saving humanitarian aid.”
How many were killed?
The UN human rights body had confirmed 536 civilian casualties as of Tuesday, with 136 civilians killed, 13 of them children. It is estimated that 400 civilians were injured, 26 of them children. However, according to the news agency, Ukraine’s emergency service has estimated the death of 2,000 civilians on Wednesday.
Oleksey Erestovich, military adviser to Ukraine’s president, said on Wednesday that more than 7,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Erestovich said that hundreds of soldiers had been captured. At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesky has said that in the last one week, close to 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed.
Meanwhile, Russia has released little figures acknowledging its casualties for the first time since the start of the war. Its defense ministry confirmed on Wednesday that 498 Russian soldiers were killed and 1,597 others were wounded in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said that 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and about 3,700 wounded, according to the news agency.
How many Indians are stranded?
According to an affidavit submitted by the Center in the Kerala High Court on Wednesday, 60 per cent of the 20,000 Indian nationals who were in Ukraine at the start of the war have crossed the border of the war-torn country. Of these, 30 percent have managed to come back to India. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, there has been a rapid increase in the number of Indians leaving Ukraine. It is estimated that around 17,000 Indian nationals have left the borders of Ukraine so far. However, there are still some citizens stranded there, whom the government is trying to bring back as soon as possible.
The Government of India has launched Operation Ganga to rescue the students trapped in Ukraine. Under this, thousands of students have been evacuated so far. India has been continuously trying to evacuate the students by sending its planes. PM Narendra has appointed four ministers on Ukraine mission who have gone to four neighboring countries to bring Indian students home.
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Today is the eighth day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The attacks are still going on from the Russian side. The Russian army has surrounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv from all sides. The Ukrainian army is also fighting them. An air strike alert has been issued in Ukraine. Thousands of soldiers and civilians on both sides have lost their lives.
A Russian has been arrested in Ukraine amid the war. It is being claimed that the captured soldier has said that he was also ordered to kill civilians. On the other hand, the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution asking the Russian army to leave Ukraine.
everywhere the scene of devastation
Russia’s invasion has destroyed more than 10 cities in Ukraine. Many princely areas have suffered great damage and many buildings have turned into ruins. Roads are deserted and deserted. Even many Ukrainians have fled their homes. According to media reports, there is an atmosphere of despair and fear everywhere. Helplessness is visible on the faces of those who have survived. Thousands have taken shelter in bunkers to escape the bombings.
How many countries left?
The United Nations estimates that one million refugees have moved from Ukraine to neighboring countries such as Poland and Hungary by the seventh day of the Russian invasion.
At the same time, the European Union estimates that 4 million people could try to leave the country due to the Russian attack. Refugees are mainly reaching not only Poland and Hungary, but also Romania, Slovakia and Moldova, but also Russia and Belarus.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says we can take in 200,000 Ukrainian refugees. Refugees who have gone do not need documents to go to neighboring countries, but must have passports, birth certificates of children traveling with them and medical documents.