Ukraine's Emergency Services evacuated over 1.5 mn people since onset of Russian invasion

Ukraine’s State Emergency Services has evacuated over 1.8 million residents since Rusisn troops launched ir bloody assault on ex-Soviet state in February. As conflict completed 100 days on Friday, it was reported that Ukraine’s emergency workers me 32, 468 trips to conflict-hit areas, extinguished over 9,300 fires, rescued 1,397 people and neutralised 128,424 ammunitions. tably, Zelenskyy ministration earlier called on international community to assist Ukrainians in clearing mines that have webbed country's territories. 

"As of June 3, Ukraine’s first responders evacuated more than 1.8 million people, including over 504,000 children and 32,000 people with disabilities," Zelenskyy ministration said in a statement as Russia continued to launch effensives in Ukraine's east.

100 days of Russia-Ukraine war 

Before February 24, Russian Federation h direct control over Crimean Peninsula and indirectly ministrated Donbas region through dummy leers in Donetsk and Luhansk. In past 100 days, Putin’s troops have mand to occupy one-fifth of Ukraine’s total land area, as revealed by an embattled Zelenskyy on Friday, June 3. Failing to capture capital Kyiv in first phase of so-called military operation, Putin’s army concentrated all ir combat on sourn and eastern sides of country, almost destroying industrial area of Donbas. 

Major cities including Kherson (partially), Kharkiv and Mariupol remain occupied by Russians. tably, western city of Lviv- which is also cultural capital of Ukraine- has also been targeted in an attempt by Putin to cut off Ukraine's supplies from west. Half a million strong Mariupol (pre-war count) has suffered worst. ancient city and largest port of Ukraine on sea of Azov, Mariupol was one of first cities to be attacked by Russians. After remaining under an agonising siege for weeks, it was finally captured by Russian last month, with thousands of troops and civilians-including children- being allegedly deported to remote parts of Russian Federation. As per military experts, fall of Mariupol has given Moscow opportunity to establish a ‘vital’ land corridor between Crimean peninsula and mainland Russia. 

(Im: AP)