RUSSIA WAR RESULTS IN GREATEST DISPLACEMENT, 14 MILLION PEOPLE FORCED TO LEAVE

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has displaced 14 million Ukrainians in the quickest and greatest displacement in decades, raising the global total of refugees and displaced persons to more than 103 million, according to the UN refugee director on Wednesday.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, told the UN Security Council that Ukrainians are about to face one of the world's harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances, including the ongoing destruction of civilian infrastructure, making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs.

"Meanwhile in the European Union, we have seen an open, well managed and above all shared refugee response that has proven wrong many of the statements frequently repeated by some politicians: that Europe is full; that relocation is impossible; that there is no public support for refugees," he said.

As the war in Ukraine continues, the UN refugee head stated that the harm inflicted by strikes on civilian infrastructure is swiftly making the humanitarian response appear to be a drop in the ocean of demands.

He stated that the UNHCR is increasingly focused on assisting displaced persons in Ukraine, working under the capable leadership of the government. Moldova, the most vulnerable of the neighbouring nations, continues to require special care.

Grandi reminded members of the UN's most powerful body in a wide-ranging briefing that, while Ukraine continues to dominate headlines, his organisation has responded to 37 conflicts-related emergencies throughout the world in the previous 12 months.