The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid, the Biden administration said on Thursday after a month of bombardments touched off Europe’s fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of World War Two.
Highlights
- The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid.
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- President Joe Biden is meeting with European leaders in Brussels to coordinate the Western response to the crisis.
- More than 3.5 million people have fled since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
- 24, putting a strain on neighboring European countries receiving them.
- The Biden administration said it will use “the full range of legal pathways” to bring Ukrainians to the United States.