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More than 3.55 million Ukrainians became refugees due to Russian aggression - UN

22 March, 2022 Tuesday
16:40

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, more than 3.55 million Ukrainians have become refugees

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It is reported by Reuters.

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 3,556,924 people have left Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.

More than 2 million people crossed the border between Ukraine and Poland.

"This is another tragic milestone for the people of Ukraine, and it was reached in just under a month", UN spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said at a briefing. He added that according to the UN, another 6.5 million people became internally displaced persons in Ukraine.

"You see almost a quarter of the entire population. The speed and scale of this outflow and this displacement crisis is unprecedented in recent times", Saltmarsh said.

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