It’s a number that sends shivers down the spine. More than 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion launched on February 24, according to the latest UN counts on Monday.
200.00 more than this Sunday
The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) listed exactly 1,735,068 refugees on its dedicated website at 11 a.m. These are 200,000 more than during the previous score on Sunday. The authorities and the UN expect the flow to intensify, particularly in the event of the opening of humanitarian corridors which should theoretically allow civilians surrounded in large cities to get out. “More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed to neighboring countries in ten days – the fastest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II,” the High Commissioner for Refugees tweeted on Sunday. Filippo Grandi.
Nearly four million refugees expected
According to the UN, four million people may want to leave the country to escape the war. Before this conflict, Ukraine was populated by more than 37 million people in the territories controlled by Kiev – which therefore does not include the Crimea annexed by Russia or the areas under separatist control.
