Two million people have fled Ukraine in the two weeks since Russia's invasion, the United Nations' refugee chief said Tuesday.
, the United Nations refugee chief and the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Tuesday for the expansion of humanitarian corridors. In an earlier video, he urged his people to keep resisting the assault. Ukraine’s foreign minister says more than 20,000 people from 52 countries have volunteered to fight in Ukraine. Most of the corridors for fleeing civilians, however, will lead to Russia either directly or via Belarus, according to officials in Moscow. Russia's ambassador to the U.N. suggested that humanitarian paths leading from the capital and other cities could give people a choice in where they want to go.
The mayor of Lviv said the city in far western Ukraine is struggling to feed and house the tens of thousands of people who have fled there from other parts of the country. More than 200,000 Ukrainians displaced from their homes are now in Lviv, filling up sport halls, schools, hospitals and church buildings.
Russian troops have overall made significant advances in southern Ukraine but stalled in some other regions.Russia appears to be stepping up their attacks against Ukraine, with even more missile strikes and bombings happening overnight in multiple cities across the country. Meanwhile, talks between the two countries are continuing as officials seek a safe way to evacuate people from the areas under combat.The death toll of the conflict has been difficult to measure. The U.N.