Russia Ukraine War News LIVE Updates | UN says Ukraine refugee surge soon to hit 1 million
Russia Ukraine War News LIVE Updates | UN says Ukraine refugee surge soon to hit 1 million
The UN refugee agency says more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last week and the figure is rising exponentially, putting it on track to cross the 1 million mark possibly within hours. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said Wednesday that people are continuing to stream into Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to the west, with more than 200,000 fleeing since Tuesday. A day earlier, Mantoo had cautioned that the outflows from Ukraine could make it the source of the biggest refugee crisis this century eclipsing the one from Syria’s war over the last decade. She noted that UNHCR had previously projected that as many as 4 million people might flee Ukraine, but noted that the agency will be re-evaluating its forecast.
Russia Ukraine War News LIVE Updates | UK calls Vladimir Putin a war criminal, urges UN vote against invasion
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal and urged UN unanimity to condemn his invasion of Ukraine. His comments came in parliament, where MPs gave a standing ovation to Ukraine’s ambassador in attendance. Johnson wore a UK-Ukraine flag pin, and many lawmakers wore clothing in Ukraine’s blue and yellow colours. “What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime, in the use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent civilians, in my view already fully qualifies as a war crime,” Johnson said.
