According to the UN, 9.5 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war/Collage of 24 channels

Due to the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, millions of our citizens have fled their homes. According to the UN, the number of people who have gone abroad since the beginning of the Russian invasion is more than 9.5 million.

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This was stated by UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo during a meeting of the Security Council, reports 24 channel. According to the organization's estimates, about 3.8 million of our citizens returned to Ukraine within 5 months.

Worrying winter ahead

Dicarlo noted that the approach of winter is of concern, since there are no guarantees as to whether all Ukrainians will be provided with warmth, a roof over their heads and medical care.

The UN Deputy Secretary General noted that in order to resolve issues related to heat supply, housing and medical care, the humanitarian community is focusing on strengthening local and national systems for providing housing, social protection and economic coverage.

Residents of Donbass are preparing to evacuate due to a new threat

Due to hostilities there is no gas supply in the Donetsk region, therefore, there are threats to the local population during the autumn-winter period, since there will be no heat supply.

Therefore, the Minister of Reintegration, Irina Vereshchuk, announced preparations for the evacuation of the region's residents to the central and western regions.

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The Minister explained that if you do not evacuate from the Donetsk region, when possible, then there is a risk of not only being without electricity and water, but about eating without heat, but also without communications, medicines, food and under shelling.