At least 100,000 refugees are displaced internally in Ukraine and 'the numbers are most likely much higher.'
Ukrainian citizens arrive at a border control checkpoint between Poland and Ukraine at the railway station in Przemysl, eastern Poland on February 26, 2022. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
More than 150,000 refugees have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russia launched its unprovokedAt least 100,000 refugees are displaced internally in Ukraine and "the numbers are most likely much higher," head of global communications for the UN refugee agency Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams said.
"As it is almost impossible for us to move around safely in many parts, we cannot confirm numbers. We do know that many people are on the move," she told Axios. Half of all Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland, and many others have gone to Hungary, Moldova and Romania, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi"Displacement in Ukraine is also growing but the military situation makes it difficult to estimate numbers and provide aid," Grandi wrote.
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power arrived in Poland on Saturday, where she is set to meet with "disaster experts who are leading the U.S.
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