One million refugees fled Ukraine in week since Russia’s invasion: UNHCR

Author: AFP/APP

Geneva: One million refugees have fled Ukraine in the week since Russia’s invasion, the UN’s refugee agency announced Thursday.

“In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi tweeted while urging “guns to fall silent” in the country.

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