The Ukrainian authorities on Sunday, said the number of its people who have become refugees as the Russian invasion of the country enters the 11th day, is well above 1.5 million, IgbereTV reports.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said as Russia continues its attack 11 days after invading Ukraine and Kyiv, many Ukrainians have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries where they have become refugees.
Though another round of talks has been tentatively planned for Monday, more and more Ukrainians have continued to escape into neighboring Poland, Romania, Slovakia and elsewhere, the Ministry said.
However, in a televised address on Saturday night, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on people in areas occupied by Russian troops to go on the offensive and fight, while vowing to rebuild the nation.
“We must go outside and drive this evil out of our cities. My confidence in this is reinforced by the energy of our resistance, our protest,” Zelenskyy said
