Director of the European Regional Bureau of the Supreme Commissioner of the UN Refugees (UN UN), Philip Laler, said that over the past 6 months, more than 200 thousand people have been forced to leave their homes due to more frequent attacks in the east of Ukraine.
He announced this at the weekly press conference of the Geneva Branch of the United Nations (UN).
reminding that 3 years have passed from the moment of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Laler added that thousands of people have died in Ukraine due to the war.
“The war caused indescribable destruction, tore up the families, inflicted a significant psychological trauma and destroyed the country’s economy and infrastructure. Over the past 6 months, more than 200 thousand people left their homes in the east of Ukraine due to more frequent attacks. According to our estimates, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result The war, almost every fourth of the pre-war population, became forced by immigrants.
According to him, 10 percent of more than 2 million houses throughout Ukraine are damaged or destroyed. Constant attacks on energy infrastructure led to the fact that people were in cold and dark.
“newly displaced faces are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Older people and people with disabilities often face additional difficulties in access to services that they need the most,” said Philip Lekler.