Ukraine Refugee Count Reaches A Staggering 2 Million In Escape From Russian Invasion

GENEVA — The variety of refugees fleeing Ukraine reached 2 million on Tuesday, in keeping with the United Nations, the quickest exodus Europe has seen since World Struggle II.

“Right now the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million individuals. Two million,” Filippo Grandi, the UN Excessive Commissioner for Refugees, wrote on Twitter.

The replace got here as a brand new effort to evacuate civilians alongside protected corridors lastly received underway Tuesday. The route out of the japanese metropolis of Sumy was one among 5 promised by the Russians to supply civilians a technique to escape the Russian onslaught.

Refugees from the Ukrainian conflict zone stroll to a group level at a prepare station in Berlin.

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