The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in an update on Friday that 33,026,692 people had fled Ukraine since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine on February 24. In addition, another 56,030 Ukrainians have fled their homes for asylum in other countries.
UNHCR chief Filippo Grand said, "Fear of bombings, airstrikes, and indiscriminate destruction continues to drive people out of Ukraine and into other countries. Now it is very important to reach out to these people. But this will not frighten them. Fear will only disappear if the war stops."
Ninety percent of those who have left Ukraine are women and children. Because men between the ages of 18 and 60 who are able to fight cannot leave the country.
Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 1,62,000 people had fled the country since the start of the war in Ukraine on Wednesday.
In addition, millions more people have left their homes. However, they have not yet been able to leave the country. These people are detained at various borders in Ukraine.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an estimated 74.7 million people have fled their homes across Ukraine as of Wednesday.
The UNHCR initially said 4 million people in Ukraine could flee the country. But he said last week that the number could rise further.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, has denied sending troops to Ukraine with the help of Russian troops. The head of the Shiite group, Hassan Nasrallah, made the remarks in a televised address on Friday.
Kiev recently claimed that Moscow had recruited at least 1,000 fighters from Syria and Hezbollah to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Hezbollah chief opened his mouth in this regard.
Russia's Defense Ministry says a hypersonic missile strike has been launched in Ukraine.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov made the announcement on Saturday.
Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Moscow had destroyed an underground warehouse in western Ukraine with a hypersonic missile strike.
He claimed that the warehouse contained missiles and "Ukrainian military aircraft ammunition."
Russia has never before acknowledged the use of hypersonic missiles on the battlefield.
Russia used special weapons to attack Ukraine. The country's defense ministry said on Saturday it had launched a hypersonic missile attack on a weapons depot in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russian troops have reached the center of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Fighting is going on between the two sides on this city road. This is hampering the rescue operation. In this situation, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has again called for talks. He says he wants to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
One of Russia's most advanced weapons is the hypersonic missile. Its name is Kinjhal. The missiles were used to attack Ukraine. Russia has used Kinzhal missiles for the first time since launching an attack on Ukraine on February 24. The country has not acknowledged the use of the missile in any previous war. That being said, this is the first time in the world that a hypersonic missile has been used in a war.
Russia launches Kinzhal missile in 2016 According to the BBC, Kinzhal's speed is 5 times faster than the speed of sound. However, according to AFP, its speed is 10 times faster than the speed of sound. The speed of sound in the air is 343 meters per second. Considering this information, the missile can go 3.43 kilometers per second.
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