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During the week of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the number of Ukrainian refugees reached 1 million, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Twitter.
“In just seven days, we have witnessed the exodus of a million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” he wrote.
Recall, on the eve of the representative of the UN refugee agency Shabia Mantou reported that almost 836 thousand refugees left Ukraine. The European Commission proposes to issue them a residence permit for two years at once.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
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Source: Rosbalt
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