Dnipropetrovsk Region Takes In Nearly 500,000 Idps Since War Began

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Mykola Lukashuk, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, shared the figure on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"At the beginning of 2022, the region's population was 3.1 million. Now almost 500,000 displaced people have come here and stayed, including nearly 100,000 children. Most have moved to Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih," he wrote.

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Lukashuk added that according to various estimates, 60% of IDPs have found employment.

He also noted that the region ranks second in Ukraine after Kyiv in terms of the number of school students.

"It is more than in the Lviv region or Odesa region," he said.

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