Number of refugees from Ukraine reaches almost 3 million – UN

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine forced 2.952 million people to leave the country in 19 incomplete days of the war in search of safety, protection and assistance, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said.

According to the UNHCR, the number of refugees from Ukraine to Poland since February 24, 2022 when Russia started the war, has reached 1.791 million.

Romania received 453,430 people, of which 250,800 people were in transit through Moldova.

Some 263,890 people arrived in Hungary, some 213,000 in Slovakia, some 86,380 in Moldova.

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