{"id":1352505,"date":"2022-03-01T06:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T11:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352505"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:07:32","slug":"more-than-660000-individuals-flee-ukraine-could-reach-four-million-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-660000-individuals-flee-ukraine-could-reach-four-million-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 660,000 Individuals Flee Ukraine, Could Reach Four Million, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-660000-individuals-flee-ukraine-could-reach-four-million-report-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Kharkv-Train-Station.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, the United Nations announced that more than 660,000 refugees have fled Ukraine within the past week in the wake of Russia\u2019s full-scale military invasion. That number is expected to keep rising, with potentially 4 million individuals seeking safety in neighboring European countries, making this the potentially largest refugee crisis in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the total number of Ukrainians and other citizens fleeing the Eastern European nation was totaled at half a million. By Tuesday morning, that number had risen by more than 160,000, according to the U.N.<\/p>\n<p>Shabia Mantoo, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, stated that \u201cat this rate, the situation looks set to become Europe\u2019s largest refugee crisis this century,\u201d the PA News Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/19960059.ukraine-exodus-to-europes-largest-refugee-crisis-century-un-says\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Politico has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/refugees-ukraine-russia-00012499\">reported<\/a> that Hungary has announced that all refugees from Ukraine \u2014 including non-Ukrainian citizens \u2014 will be welcomed into its borders:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-0\"><em>Hungary, in a turnaround from its long-standing opposition to immigration and\u00a0<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-refugees-diversity-230b0cc790820b9bf8883f918fc8e313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&#038;mid=&#038;lindex=&#038;lcol=\" aria-label=\"refusal to accept refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia (opens in a new window)\">refusal to accept refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia<\/a>, has opened its borders to all refugees fleeing Ukraine, including third-country nationals that can prove Ukrainian residency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-1\"><em>As part of an agreement with some foreign governments, Hungary has set up a \u201chumanitarian corridor\u201d to escort non-Ukrainian nationals from the border to airports in the city of Debrecen and the capital, Budapest.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">The D.C.-based outlet also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/refugees-ukraine-russia-00012499\">added<\/a> that Poland has accepted the most refugees, noting that the Polish government has reported that individuals from more than 100 nations have fled Ukraine into the country since the start of the war:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In Poland, the country that has reported the most arrivals, trains continued to bring refugees into the border town of Przemysl on Monday. In winter coats to protect them against near-freezing temperatures, many carried small suitcases as they lined up at the platform to exit the station.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Polish U.N. Ambassador Krzysztof Szczerski, speaking at the General Assembly, said that in addition to Ukrainians, those coming in Monday included people of some 125 nationalities, including Uzbeks, Nigerians, Indians, Moroccans, Pakistanis, Afghans, Iranians, Iraqis, Turks and Algerians.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/footage-utter-destruction-in-ukraines-second-largest-city-as-russia-continues-attacks\">reported<\/a> Tuesday that those who have stayed behind have been subject to \u201cutter destruction\u201d in cities like Kharkiv, Ukraine, which experienced an extremely damaging missile strike in a residential area sometime Monday evening local time, according to Ukrainian officials:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine\u2019s minister of foreign affairs, released a video showing the missile strike upon Freedom Square.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBarbaric Russian missile strikes on the central Freedom Square and residential districts of Kharkiv. Putin is unable to break Ukraine down. He commits more war crimes out of fury, murders innocent civilians. The world can and must do more. INCREASE PRESSURE, ISOLATE RUSSIA FULLY!\u201d he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That video can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barbaric Russian missile strikes on the central Freedom Square and residential districts of Kharkiv. Putin is unable to break Ukraine down. He commits more war crimes out of fury, murders innocent civilians. The world can and must do more. INCREASE PRESSURE, ISOLATE RUSSIA FULLY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tN4VHF1A9n\">pic.twitter.com\/tN4VHF1A9n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1498569115950272517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe missile strike was not the only damage in Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian officials,\u201d The Daily Wire added. \u201cOn Tuesday, an area hospital reportedly burned in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\">\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the United Nations announced that more than 660,000 refugees have fled Ukraine within the past week in the wake of Russia\u2019s full-scale military invasion. 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