Filippo Grandi, the head of the refugee agency, said that this was the largest influx of refugees in Europe since World War II. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland has sheltered 1.85 million people. Hungary has sheltered 2,46,208 refugees till March 12. And Slovakia has given shelter to 1 lakh 95 thousand 960 refugees.
According to the UNHCR, between February 18 and 23, 98,000 people entered Russia from the pro-Russian Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. 1 lakh 4 thousand 929 refugees have entered Moldova. As of March 6, 65,000 refugees had been admitted to Romania. In addition, as of March 11, about 3 million 4 thousand people from Ukraine have entered various countries in Europe.Top Chinese and US officials will meet in Rome on Monday to discuss the Ukraine war. A White House spokesman said.
At the same time, the United States has warned that any cooperation with China to avoid sanctions on Russia over its attacks on Ukraine could have dire consequences.
National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horn said in a statement on Sunday that National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan and Chinese Communist Party chief diplomat Yang Jiechi would discuss the ongoing rivalry between the two countries and the regional and global security implications of Russia's attack on Ukraine.
China has refused to directly condemn the Russian attack on Ukraine. Rather, Beijing has condemned NATO's expansion into the east, and Russia has said that the situation in Ukraine has turned into a crisis.
Sullivan said the White House was closely monitoring whether China was assisting Moscow in lifting the blockade on Russia.
"We will not allow any country to help Russia," he said.
But Beijing said last week that its friendship with Russia was as tough as steel. The country has also expressed interest in mediating to end the war.China has rejected US demands that Russia seek military and financial assistance from China to lift sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and their allies.
The BBC reports that the Chinese embassy in Washington said it was not aware of the request. China has no information about Russia's alleged request.
The Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing unnamed U.S. officials, that Moscow had asked China for "equipment and other military assistance" to support its invasion of Ukraine. Reports of this were also published in other news outlets.
Meanwhile, the BBC reports that the Chinese government has called on both sides to reduce tensions. Russia, however, did not refer to the military operation as an "attack."
Power supply to Ukraine's closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant has resumed, which Moscow has been blocking since the first day of the Russian invasion. Kiev's electricity officials said on Sunday. News from AFP.
"Thanks to Ukraine's electrical experts, our nuclear power engineers and electricians for their incredible efforts to restore power to the Chernobyl power plant," Ukraine's Energy Minister Garman Tagalushchenko said in a statement.
"Our electrical engineers have been able to avoid the risk of a possible nuclear catastrophe, which threatens the whole of Europe," he said. They take extreme risks to their own health and lives in doing so. '
Power was cut off at the site of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. However, the UN nuclear watchdog said that "there is no risk to security."
Hundreds of people were killed in a devastating explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, and radioactive clouds spread across western Europe.
Ukraine's nuclear power plant was cut off from power at the plant on Wednesday, but the UN nuclear watchdog said it had "no security implications".
Russian forces shelled the Zaporizhiya nuclear plant on March 4. The fires there have raised concerns in Europe about a possible nuclear disaster. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Meanwhile, Russian engineers arrived in Zaporizhiya earlier this week to test radioactivity levels.
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