UN: More than 16 million people need help in Ukraine

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More than 6 million people are still internally displaced, the agency said in a report on the situation in Ukraine.

About 16 million Ukrainians more than 6 million are still internally displaced, its coordinator said in Kyiv today. UN for humanitarian issues in the war-torn country.

“Nearly 16 million people in Ukraine today are in need of humanitarian assistance: water, food, health care,” Osnat Lubrani told a news conference as Russia entered its fifth month of war.

“More than 6 million people are still internally displaced. “About 5 million people have now been able to return home, but many know they may be forced to leave again.”she added.

According to International Organization for Migrationthis number of returns concerns both people who have been displaced within the country and those who have returned from abroad.

According to Lubrani, more than 5.3 million Ukrainians have fled abroad as refugees.

“It simply came to our notice then the number we have for almost 5,000 dead civilians “And the more than 5,000 injured are just a part of the horrific reality,” she said.

“I can not talk about specific numbers of damaged hospitals, schools and homes, but we know that there are thousands. “We just can’t confirm the exact numbers yet,” she said.

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