Of this figure more than 307,000 are minors, according to statements made by the source to the Sputnik news agency.

For its part, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRWA) reports on its website that more than 7,7 million people left Ukraine due to the military confrontations in this country.

The escalation of the evacuation of the civilian population of the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) people’s republics in the Donbass was registered in mid-February due to the intensification of Kiev’s shelling of these territories with larger caliber weapons.

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