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24 of January, 05:18

OCHA: about 1, 5 million Ukrainians have become refugees because of a conflict
The number of internally-displaced persons in Ukraine very quickly grew to almost a million people, more than 600 thousand are refugees, reported in the Management report of the United Nations for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

"The renewed fighting in the East has led to additional movement of victims among civilians, destruction of infrastructure and growth of people in need of humanitarian assistance," the report said.

the UN report covers the period From 10 to 23 January." on January 21, the Ministry of social development of Ukraine registered 921, 640 thousand internally displaced persons in the country, " said the authors of the report.

The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

the report notes that the number of immigrants from Ukraine to other countries, mostly in Russia, is 600 thousand people.

According to the report of the office From mid-April on the East of Ukraine lost his life 5086 people, including 298 man - victims of a plane crash Boeing " Malaysian airlines ". In the period between January 13 and 21 were killed 262 people, including 7 children, even 380 were injured in conflict zones.

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