IOM Director General William Lacey Swing. File photoGENEVA, May 10. The number of Ukrainians who have become internally displaced has exceeded 8 million since February 24, according to a study conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from April 17 to May 3.» According to the latest report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the number of internally displaced people… has passed the 8 million mark, representing a 24 percent increase from the first internal displacement data released on March 16,» it says. in a statement. The organization also reported «difficult mobility within Ukraine» and said more than 2.7 million people had returned home. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
