The number of people fleeing Ukraine reached between 2.1 and 2.2 million people, the head of the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday, reported Reuters.
The UNHCR recently wrote on Twitter, “this is the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.”
“In the coming days millions more will be uprooted, unless there is an immediate end to this senseless conflict,” the UN organization added in the same tweet.
As of March 6, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said the number of people fleeing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine exceeded 1.5 million in only 10 days.
Many European countries started receiving Ukrainian refugees, following the Russian offensive, including Poland, Romania, Italy, and Germany.
Germany received 50,294 Ukrainian refugees, since the start of the Russian offensive on Ukraine, according to German Press Agency DPA.
Italy is also home to the Ukrainian community in the European Union, as it has taken in nearly 10,000 refugees since the start of the Russian military operations, ANSA, Italian news agency, reported on March 7.
According to Italy’s Ministry of the Interior data, the country can expect a flood of at least 800,000 Ukrainians, indicating that the government is “ready” to receive more, according to the same source.
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