Russian strikes continued Wednesday in several Ukrainian cities, including Mariupol, where a building of the International Committee of the Red Cross was reportedly bombed.
Posted at 10:00 p.m.
160,000
Number of civilians who remain stranded under bombs in Mariupol, a port city in southeastern Ukraine. A local ceasefire will come into effect at 10 a.m. Thursday to allow their evacuation.
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50%
Area of the city of Irpin, in the northwestern suburbs of Kyiv, which was destroyed by Russian bombing. It is now “100% controlled by the Ukrainian army”, said its mayor, Oleksandr Markouchyn, on Wednesday, and at least 200 people have died there since the start of the conflict.
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4 million
Number of Ukrainian refugees who have been forced to flee their country, announced the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in Geneva