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Quarter of Ukrainians are internally displaced persons due to Russia's invasion

Monday, 3 July 2023, 09:27

UK Intelligence has analysed the situation with Ukrainian internally displaced persons (IDPs) amid the full-scale Russian invasion.

Source: UK Ministry of Defence review on 3 July

Details: UK Defence Intelligence cited data from the Ukrainian authorities, who reported on 29 June that 139,000 people have been evacuated from the combat zones in the government-controlled areas of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts since July 2022, in line with the state of emergency law.

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As noted in the intelligence report, this is only one part of a wider crisis with internally displaced persons in Ukraine.

According to UN estimates, 6.3 million Ukrainians remain refugees and more than five million are internally displaced.

Quote: "With a pre-war population of 44 million, a quarter of Ukrainians remain forced from their homes as a result of Russia’s invasion."

Background: A UK intelligence review on 2 July explained the reasons for the cancellation of Russia's main air show.

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