{"id":1360595,"date":"2022-03-06T08:08:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360595"},"modified":"2022-03-06T08:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T13:08:54","slug":"estimated-1-5-million-ukraine-refugees-now-fleeing-russian-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estimated-1-5-million-ukraine-refugees-now-fleeing-russian-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimated 1.5 Million+ Ukraine Refugees Now Fleeing Russian Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Festimated-1-5-million-ukraine-refugees-now-fleeing-russian-invasion%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=1360595&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\">Upwards of 1.5 million Ukrainians were estimated Sunday to have been displaced by Russian invasion forces as thousands more make ready to escape a homeland convulsed by war.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees\u00a0Filippo Grandi used social media to lament what he earlier called \u201cthe fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.\u201d<\/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>Grandi, currently visiting countries that border Ukraine, gave no precise figures to back his estimate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today at Palanca I saw thousands and thousands of people streaming across Ukraine\u2019s border crossing with Moldova. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of stories of separation, anguish, and loss.<\/p>\n<p>A difficult day, but much respect for the many dedicated Moldovan officials and people helping the refugees. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/84dPcFcCPG\">pic.twitter.com\/84dPcFcCPG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilippoGrandi\/status\/1499826609947353096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hours earlier\u00a0Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky went on television\u00a0wearing what has become a habitual military green T-shirt and rallied his people to remain defiant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUkrainians in all of our cities that the enemy has entered \u2014 go on the offensive!\u201d Zelensky said. \u201cYou should take to the streets! You should fight! \u2026 It is necessary to go out and drive this evil out of our cities, from our land.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The small border town has seen a surge of people fleeing from neighbouring Ukraine since Russia began military operations in February, with at least 63,000 Ukrainian refugees having arrived <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2FbktzWvUT\">https:\/\/t.co\/2FbktzWvUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1500426716195344385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He spoke as\u00a0Russian forces surrounded several Ukrainian cities and maintained a convoy outside the capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>British military officials on Sunday compared Russia\u2019s tactics in Ukraine to those used in Chechnya and Syria, where surrounded cities were flattened with airstrikes and artillery after Russian forces faced unexpected resistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-kyiv-europe-1f3dc134dc6f8c5214cfc723d37fd56a\">AP reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20127914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wi\/ap\/05\/aptopix-russia-ukraine-war-an-elderly-lady-is-assisted-crossing-irpin-river-bridge-destroyed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20127914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/aptopix-russia-ukraine-war-an-elderly-lady-is-assisted-crossing-irpin-river-bridge-destroyed-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An elderly lady is assisted while crossing the Irpin river, under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, as civilians flee the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo\/Vadim Ghirda)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20128058\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wi\/ap\/05\/russia-ukraine-foreigners-flee-nigeria-students-ukraine-wait-at-platform-lviv-railway-station.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20128058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-foreigners-flee-nigeria-students-ukraine-wait-at-platform-lviv-railway-station-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nigeria students in Ukraine wait at the platform in Lviv railway station, Feb. 27, 2022, in Lviv, west Ukraine as they try to flee the Russian advance. (AP Photo\/Bernat Armangue, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The strength of Ukrainian resistance continues to surprise Russian forces and they have responded by targeting populated areas, including the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said in its daily intelligence briefing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is likely to represent an effort to break Ukrainian morale,\u201d the ministry said, according to AP. \u201cRussia has used similar tactics in Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016, employing both air and ground-based munitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The precise death toll of the conflict is difficult to measure.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. human rights office said at least 351 civilians have been confirmed killed, but the true number is probably much higher. Russian and Ukrainian defense officials have not provided information on their military causalities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20123114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238921487-e1646481164127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20123114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238921487-e1646481164127-1024x767-1.jpg\" alt=\"British\" width=\"990\" height=\"742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Destroyed Russian armored vehicles block a roadway in the city of Bucha, west of Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place Monday, according to Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation. He gave no additional details, including where they would take place.<\/p>\n<p>Previous meetings were held in Belarus. Those talks led to the ceasefire agreement that failed Saturday and was revived Sunday.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upwards of 1.5 million Ukrainians were estimated Sunday to have been displaced by Russian invasion forces as thousands more make ready to escape a homeland convulsed by war. U.N. 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