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Some Ukraine towns practically erased, one year into invasion

Some Ukraine towns practically erased, one year into invasion

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Nearly one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the scale of destruction in the south and east has been massive - so much so, that one senior UN humanitarian worker has told UN News some towns “don’t even exist anymore”.

To help the vulnerable communities struggling to survive, the UN migration agency, IOM, has been stepping up aid and support.

That includes towns like Znamyanka in central Ukraine, where people fleeing escalating conflict further east have been arriving in search of shelter, as IOM’s Johannes Fromholt has been telling Daniel Johnson.

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Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
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