Posted on 02/26/2022 4:41:51 PM PST by blam
The United Nations estimates 150,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into neighboring countries, half of them to Poland, and many to Hungary, Moldova, Romania due to the Russian invasion, and that number could easily be in the millions if the situation worsens.
“More than 150,000 Ukrainian refugees have now crossed into neighboring countries, half of them to Poland, and many to Hungary, Moldova, Romania, and beyond,” UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi tweeted on Saturday.
More than 150,000 Ukrainian refugees have now crossed into neighbouring countries, half of them to Poland, and many to Hungary, Moldova, Romania and beyond.
Displacement in Ukraine is also growing but the military situation makes it difficult to estimate numbers and provide aid.
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) February 26, 2022
Shabia Mantoo, the spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told AP News the number of Ukrainian refugees is “changing by the hour” and remains “a very fluid” situation.
On Thursday, Russian forces began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine to “demilitarize” the country. A barrage of missiles, artillery, and airstrikes across the country, triggered one of the worst security crises in Europe in more than half a century, as a wave of refugees into Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania is underway.
United Nations agencies forecast as many as four million could flee the country into neighboring countries if the invasion worsens.
On Thursday, hours after Russia’s invasion began, we noted that people fled the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, resulting in massive gridlock on the country’s highways. Days later, people are still trying to flee the capital as Russian forces near.
#Ukraine #Lviv #ukraine. In the train station hundreds of people wait for some train to runaway to #Przemysl the Polish border. Trains from #Kyiv to #poland now stop in #Lviv. only local trains “electrikshna” go to poland…3h waiting already.#UkraineInvasion #UkraineCrisis pic.twitter.com/Wv2V7szHYu
— Ukraine live (@berojag59060636) February 26, 2022
Ukrainians are waiting for the train to Poland pic.twitter.com/uPQPKPP6OF
— Tanya Kozyreva (@TanyaKozyreva) February 26, 2022
“There is a significant movement of the population, but it is also hard to say whether people are moving permanently or for the short-term,” said Irina Saghoyan, the eastern Europe director for Save the Children, which has been on the ground in Ukraine since 2014.
For now, central Europe is welcoming Ukrainian refugees with open arms, and Poland is expected to accommodate up to a million new ones.
They’ll never bring them here they’re probably Conservatives
Remember when Obama arms all those terrorists who then joined ISIS in Syria and created the worst refugee crisis since world 2? 6 million refugees? Yeah, good times, say the Democrats.
According to many Freepers the Ukrainian civilians were taking up arms to defend their nation from foreign invaders...
Oops.
It’s almost certain Melitopol has fallen.
They’ll never bring them here they’re probably Conservatives.
And the wrong skin color.
I always thought the word refugee meant economic migrant who like to rape local women
May putin will invite joy beahr to moscow to vacation. Sorry joy Europe looks to be off-limits this year
The Ukrainians used as pawns by corrupt western powers against a corrupt KGB thug. Its really a tragic turn of events that could have easily been prevented.
Russian refugees running from Russia: 0
They are now mostly safe in LDNR as the pockets of the Ukrainian military are eliminated.
Don’t expect America take them. They are white
It is exactly want you want when you invade a country.
Plug the roads up good with all the civilians and prevent the movement of supply and all that.
The dang Germans would actually strafe them during their run into on France.
How nasty was that?
And they are white Christians.
I believe nothing.
Are there really this many refugees? I have no way of knowing. I don’t trust the media.
But I note that the media says (on the one hand) that Ukraine is doing remarkably well, blowing Russian jets out of the sky, Putin is in despair, and Russia is losing. The media also says (on the other hand) that Ukraine is desperately seeking foreign mercenaries to come and rescue them, and 150,000 refugees are fleeing as the Russians advance.
What’s really happening?
I know EXACTLY what is happening — we are being lied to and manipulated.
Let’s talk about our border with Mexico instead.
Exactly. Not a single soul will arrive here. They may actually vote Republican too.
Right now, those are just women and children. Zelinsky prohibited men of fighting age to leave the country. Basically every man is being drafted into military!
There are lots of videos online of fleeing civilians clogging up the roads. You don’t have to “believe” anything or listen to anyone’s opinions.
Ukraine’s civilians are reacting to the Russian invasion the way Gulf Coast residents react to an incoming Cat3 Hurricane.
Evacuation time—massive traffic jams all heading in one direction—away from the storm.
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