As at January 15, 2018, almost 1.5 million of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Crimea and Donbas are registered in Ukraine as the press service of the Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine reported.
'As at January 15, 2018, according to the data of the local and Kyiv social defense departments of the state administration, 1 492 247 people or 1 218 315 families from Donbas and Crimea are registered ', the message said.
Earlier we reported that Neal Walker, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine claimed that Ukraine takes the 9thplace on the number of the internally displaced persons in the world.