The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm at the rate Ukrainian children are forced to flee their war-torn country, with a whopping 55 of them becoming refugees every minute, IgbereTV reports
In a statement on its website on Tuesday, the UN Children agency said the “grim figures are a reflection of the growing humanitarian toll from the conflict that’s approaching its third week, since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24,” adding that so far, about 75,000 children have been fleeing the country each day.
The United Nations humanitarian agency also said in a statement says that since Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 1.5 million children have been forced to flee their homes, some separated from their parents and families
