MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION HAVE FLED UKRAINE: UN

Mon 07 March 2022:

More than 1.7 million people have so far fled the war in Ukraine, according to he United Nation’s refugee agency, as thousands more stream across the borders.

A total of 1,735,068 civilians, mostly women and children, have crossed the border into Central Europe, the UNHCR said.

Poland has received more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees since the conflict began on February 24. The European Union could see as many as 5 million Ukrainian refugees if Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine continues, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said.

Road out of Mariupol mined: Red Cross

The Red Cross has said that its staff, along with other civilians, were unable to leave Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol because of the resumption of hostilities and the lack of a safe exit route.

Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told BBC radio that the team had attempted to leave on Sunday but realised the road indicated to them was mined.

Two attempts at evacuating civilians from Mariupol failed over the weekend as both Ukrainians and Russians blamed each other for violating a previously agreed ceasefire.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry says Russian shelling preventing evacuations, aid deliveries

Russian shelling is preventing the evacuation of civilians from Kyiv, Mariupol, Sumy, Kharkiv, Volnovakha and Mykolaiv, Ukraine’s foreign ministry has said.

“This prevents the safe passage of humanitarian columns with Ukrainian and foreign citizens, as well as the delivery of medicines and food,” the ministry said in a statement.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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