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More than 7.7 million people displaced in Ukraine

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – Ukrainian refugees walk onto the platform, having arrived on a train leaving Odesa for PrzemyslGlowny, Poland. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters – Over 600,000. people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since April 1. The International Organization for Migration reported on Thursday that this brings the total to 7.7 millions, 17%, of those affected by the conflict. 

A new survey conducted April 11-17 revealed that at least 60% are women. More than half of internally displaced persons — mainly in the east of Ukraine — reported a lack of some food products, it added https://displacement.iom.int/reports/ukraine-internal-displacement-report-general-population-survey-round-3-11-17-april-2022?close=true in a report.

UN data indicates that Ukraine’s population has risen to more than 5 million since Russian invaders entered on February 24th, 2014.

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