Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven some 14 million Ukrainians from their homes in “the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades,” sparking an increase in the number of refugees and displaced people worldwide to more than 103 million, the UN refugee chief said on November 2. Filippo Grandi, who heads the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told the UN Security Council that Ukrainians are about to face “one of the world’s harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances,” including the continuing destruction of civilian infrastructure that is “quickly making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs.” To read the original story from AP, click here.
Russian Invasion Has Uprooted 14 Million Ukrainians, UN Says
A woman hugs her child as people evacuated from Mariupol arrive on buses at a registration and processing area for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhya on May 8.