Refugees Pile up as War Encroaches on Half of Ukraine

Russia's attack on Ukraine has not stopped. Fighting is still ongoing in eastern Ukraine.

KOMPAS/HARRY SUSILO

Refugees queue to receive aid from the Charitas Mariupol organization in Zaporizhia, about 650 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday (21/6/2022). As a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine, many residents of a number of cities fled to Zaporizhia, mostly from Mariupol.

ZAPORIZHIA, KOMPAS – Russia launched attacks on almost all of Ukraine’s southern and eastern provinces. As artillery and air strikes rain down and gunfights on the streets drag on, refugees continue to pile up in areas still controlled by Kyiv. Some refugees have yet to receive government aid.

Martial law authorities in Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Poltava, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa reported cruise missile strikes. Meanwhile, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson also saw a combination of artillery strikes, air strikes and urban warfare on Tuesday (21/6/2022).