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Zelenskyy warns of mass Ukrainian exodus if Russia wins
Ukrainian president tells EU leaders that 20 million Ukrainians could flee Europe if his country falls to Russian forces.
In brief
Ukrainian president tells EU leaders that 20 million Ukrainians could flee Europe if his country falls to Russian forces. Zelenskyy warned EU leaders that twenty million Ukrainians could flee to Europe if Russia wins the war, as Ukraine faces a brutal fifth winter and a budget shortfall of thirty to thirty-five…
Zelenskyy's warning to Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told EU leaders on Friday that as many as twenty million Ukrainians could be forced to flee to Europe if Russia wins the war.
“Russia is killing us. They don't want to stop.”
Millions already displaced
Over four million Ukrainians already live in EU countries under temporary protection status, with the largest populations in Germany, Poland and Czechia, following Europe's fastest and largest refugee crisis since World War II.
Ukraine faces brutal winter and budget crisis
Ukraine heads into a fifth wartime winter under Russian bombardment while facing a budget shortfall of thirty to thirty-five million dollars next year, according to International Monetary Fund projections.
Here's the gist
Zelenskyy warned EU leaders that twenty million Ukrainians could flee to Europe if Russia wins the war, as Ukraine faces a brutal fifth winter and a budget shortfall of thirty to thirty-five million dollars.
