I am at least 902 civilians killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24th, according to the budget updated by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. THE 1,459 are injured. In the besieged city of Mariupol, an estimated 2,400 people have died since the invasion, although it is unclear how many of these victims are civilians.
And the number of refugees is also growing. According to estimates by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, they are over 3 million and 389 thousand refugees fled from Ukraine to neighboring countries in search of safety. This is the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. According to the Global Protection Cluster, it is estimated that 6.48 million people are displaced within Ukraine. A situation to which Pope Francis also wanted to draw attention, recalling that it is above all children who pay the highest price. The latest Unicef data speak of 1.5 million refugee children and 3.3 million displaced. Unicef spokesperson Joe English he told CNN how each of these children has a life suddenly torn to pieces: “Their world has been turned upside down”.
“The war in Ukraine is so devastating that 10 million people have fled“from their homes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees wrote on Twitter Filippo Grandi. The toll includes both internally displaced people who have been relocated to other cities in Ukraine and refugees who fled abroad. The number includes both those who have fled the country and internal refugees, who have moved to safer areas of Ukraine. 44 million people lived in the country before the war began.