{"id":1356382,"date":"2022-03-03T08:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356382"},"modified":"2022-03-03T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:54:16","slug":"ukraine-refugee-count-hits-1-million-as-russias-invasion-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-refugee-count-hits-1-million-as-russias-invasion-rolls-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Refugee Count Hits 1 Million+ as Russia&#039;s Invasion Rolls On"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fukraine-refugee-count-hits-1-million-as-russias-invasion-rolls-on%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=1356382&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Figures released Wednesday reveal upwards of one million refugees are fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, alongside an estimated 2000 civilian fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in refugees follows the Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/russias-war-on-ukraine-day-seven-situation-on-the-ground\/\">capturing<\/a> of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the bombing of Kharkiv \u2013 where Russian forces have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/03\/02\/what-cluster-bombs-ukraine-war-how-much-damage\/\">accused<\/a> of using devastating cluster bombs \u2013 as well as the ongoing siege of Kyiv and attacks across the East of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Filippo Grandi, the\u00a0United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilippoGrandi\/status\/1499156937644118022?s=20&#038;t=f2qTotwsa9e5NdUrY1almw\">released<\/a> via Twitter that \u201cin just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighbouring countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20092162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238894220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20092162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238894220-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Families, who fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, arrive to a refugee camp in the Moldovan capital Chisinau on March 3, 2022. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20092170\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238887286.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20092170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238887286-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A Moroccan student studying in Ukraine and fleeing the war arrives with his dog to Mohammed V airport in Casablanca on March 2 , 2022 (FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was reaffirmed by the U.N. who <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-united-nations-general-assembly-volodymyr-zelenskyy-kyiv-moscow-a3092d8e476949ed7c55607a645a9154\">informed<\/a> the <em>Associated Press\u00a0<\/em>more than two percent of Ukraine\u2019s population had begun to flee the war-torn nation, with Shabia Mantoo, a spokesperson for the international organization, saying \u201cat this rate\u201d the mass-evacuation from Ukraine could make it \u201cthe biggest refugee crisis this century\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has reported nearly 500 soldiers dead alongside 1,600 casualties. The Ukrainian government however disputes this and suggests Russia has suffered as many as 9000 casualties \u2013 which presumedly includes both injured and killed troops.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20092178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238868642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20092178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238868642-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Police cover the bodies of passersby killed in an airstrike that hit Kyiv\u2019s main television tower in Kyiv on March 2, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukraine has opted not to disclose its own military losses, and due to the uptaking of arms by Ukrainian civilians to defend their homeland, there is a blurred line over what constitutes a soldier and a civilian in the region \u2013 although the Ukrainian government has released that 2,000 civilians have died, but this has not been verified.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has also suggested that Russia has lost 217 tanks, and about 60 aircraft including warplanes and helicopters, but these numbers also have not yet been independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that exact estimates will emerge from the conflict in the near future, due to conflicting accounts from different parties, as well as an effort from both sides to mask losses.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple videos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10569027\/Charred-remains-Putins-tanks-lie-smouldering-street-Russian-death-toll-climbs.html\">burnt-out<\/a> Russian vehicles have gone viral on social media, but many of these have not been validated, and there have been multiple online hoaxes \u2013 including old videos or footage from different nations \u2013 circulated by unknown individuals that have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/60554910\">revealed<\/a> to be untrue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Up to 200,000 Refugees to be Allowed Settle in UK Under Revised Visa Rules<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hQKZC0G7j1\">https:\/\/t.co\/hQKZC0G7j1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1499323708871221249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The news from Ukraine coincides with the\u00a0U.N. General Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/02\/1084100763\/1-million-refugees-fled-ukraine?t=1646298060826\">voting<\/a> for a nonbinding resolution to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, with 141 nations voting in favour and five \u2013 including Russia and Belarus \u2013 opposing the motion, with 35 countries abstaining.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">reported<\/a>, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the United Nations condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine saying: \u201cThe truth is that this war was one man\u2019s choice and one man alone: President Putin, it was his choice to force hundreds of thousands of people to stuff their lives into backpacks and flee the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose were President Putin\u2019s choices. Now it is time to make ours. The United States is choosing to stand with the Ukrainian people\u201d, Greenfield continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figures released Wednesday reveal upwards of one million refugees are fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, alongside an estimated 2000 civilian fatalities. 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