REUTERS
The number of people displaced from eastern Ukraine due to the conflict there has increased to nearly one million, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen has said.
Toyberg-Frandzen gave the figure during a meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations in New York, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"Almost a million people have been displaced due to the conflict in Ukraine and neighbouring countries," Toyberg-Frandzen said.
He also added that the humanitarian organizations are enhancing their presence in response to growing need in Ukraine.