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7 mn people internally displaced in Ukraine amid war

By IANS | Updated: April 11, 2023 06:35 IST

Kiev, April 11 An estimated 7 million Ukrain have been internally displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war.Out of ...

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Kiev, April 11 An estimated 7 million Ukrain have been internally displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war.

Out of them, about 4.8 million people were officially registered within government agencies as internally displaced persons (IDPs), Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk was quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency as saying, Xinhua news agency reported.

Some 1 million children were forced to leave their homes due to the war, but are residing inside Ukraine, Vereshchuk noted.

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