Humanitarian

Phil and Kristie Graves are a U.S.couple from Maryland and parents of three biological children and an adopted girl with special needs from Armenia. Recently, they decided to adopt a six-year-old girl with special needs from Ukraine. But that was before the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that 200,000 children are among the Ukrainians who have been forcefully taken to Russia and dispersed across the vast country.

Ukrainian human rights defenders, former dissidents and scholars call European leaders to act now

A Ukrainian minister said 100,000 tonnes of grain was stolen from four regions
Meanwhile, Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman accused Russia of trying to 'cause the Holodomor' - a reference to the famine that killed millions in the 30s
Russia has also attacked grain silos, fertiliser storage and stolen farm vehicles
Meanwhile, a clip from Russian television emerged of Putin's propagandists suggesting that Russia steal Ukraine's grain to sell it to China

The Russian Federation launched a military offensive against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. As of today, more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine,
making this the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II. A further 7.7
million people have been displaced internally within Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has triggered
one of the largest refugee crises
on record, with over 5 million
people fleeing the country within
8 weeks. Some 7.1 million people
have been displaced internally.

Situation Overview: Movement of Ukrainians back into Ukraine from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova

The Russian Federation launched a military offensive against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. As of today, more than 4.6 million refugees have fled Ukraine, making this the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II. A further 7.1 million people have been displaced internally within Ukraine. That is 11.7 million people forced to flee their homes in under seven weeks - more than a quarter of the population of Ukraine.

Ukraine Emergency - UNHCR Operational Response Delivery Updates - 11 April 2022

On 4 April, following images and reports of horrifying violence in Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel near Kyiv and in other parts of Ukraine, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator issued a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire and an independent investigation leading to effective accountability.