More than two million people have now fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, according to the latest data from the United Nations on Tuesday.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called the milestone a "terrifying" number.
"There are hundreds of thousands of people on the move, trying to flee the combat zone and seek refuge firstly inside Ukraine in the safe zones. But the safe space is reducing and people are inevitably trying to cross borders," he said
The scope and speed of the flow of refugees, many of them fleeing Russia’s catastrophic and indiscriminate shelling of residential neighborhoods, has alarmed U.N. officials, including U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who recently called it “the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.”
"Today the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million people," UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said in a tweet.
According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. since February 24, 2,011,312 people have fled the war-ravaged country into neighboring countries.
Half of the 2 million Ukrainian refugees are children, according to UNICEF. The United Nations estimates that as many as 4 million people may flee Ukraine — roughly 10 percent of the population.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called the milestone a "terrifying" number.
"There are hundreds of thousands of people on the move, trying to flee the combat zone and seek refuge firstly inside Ukraine in the safe zones. But the safe space is reducing and people are inevitably trying to cross borders," he said
The scope and speed of the flow of refugees, many of them fleeing Russia’s catastrophic and indiscriminate shelling of residential neighborhoods, has alarmed U.N. officials, including U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who recently called it “the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.”
"Today the outflow of refugees from Ukraine reaches two million people," UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said in a tweet.
According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. since February 24, 2,011,312 people have fled the war-ravaged country into neighboring countries.
Half of the 2 million Ukrainian refugees are children, according to UNICEF. The United Nations estimates that as many as 4 million people may flee Ukraine — roughly 10 percent of the population.
