1.2 Million People Have Now Fled Ukraine as Civilian Deaths Mount

Passengers rush to board a train leaving to Slovakia from the Lviv railway station, in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. Felipe Dana/AP Photo

Around 1.2 million people have now fled the war in Ukraine, a United Nations official said, as Russian forces have ramped up their strikes against civilian infrastructure in key cities and civilian casualties mount.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi confirmed the staggering figure in a tweet on March 4, which came as the war in Ukraine entered its ninth day on Friday.