GENEVA - Amid a worsening situation in eastern Ukraine, the UN refugee agency on Aug. 5 estimated that more than 117,000 people are now displaced inside Ukraine. "In the past seven days more than 6,200 people have been forced from their homes," UNHCR's Vincent Cochetel told journalists in Geneva. As of Aug. 1, an estimated 168,000 people have crossed into Russia.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
UNHCR urges Ukraine to establish central registration system as internal displacement tops 117,000
Refugees wait in front of a hostel building ran by pro-Russian rebels in the center of Donetsk, on Aug. 4, 2014.
