Almost 5.5M people fled Ukraine since Russian invasion began – UN

The relevant data has been provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ukrinform reports.

As of April 29, 5,468,629 people left the territory of Ukraine. Most of them - more than 3 million people - went to Poland. More than 817,000 people went to Romania, more than 656,000 to Russia, almost 520,000 to Hungary, more than 443,000 to Moldova, almost 372,000 to Slovakia, and more than 25,000 to Belarus.

At the same time, 1,289,500 Ukrainians have returned home from abroad since February 28.

According to the latest assessment by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), another 7.7 million Ukrainian citizens were internally displaced inside the country because of the war.

On February 24, Russia launched a new phase of its eight-year war against Ukraine – a full-scale invasion. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities, conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.

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