A million Ukrainians have fled the country in a single week

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( March 3, 2022 Good afternoon. Russian forces are currently besieging port cities in the south of Ukraine in an apparent attempt to prevent the Ukrainian military from accessing key shipping hubs. It's difficult to see past the fog of war and parse all the (occasionally contradictory) information emerging from war zones, but the [general consensus]( seems to be that Russian forces have begun to target civilian areas with increasingly indiscriminate barrages. The ferocity of the Russian assault has driven [growing numbers of people]( to flee Ukraine, setting the stage for one of the worst refugee crises in Europe this century. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, upward of 1 million people have left the country since the fighting began a week ago. By comparison, the height of the Syrian civil war took about a month to produce 1 million refugees, eventually totaling a record 5.7 million. In the wake of the Russian invasion, some of Europe's most notorious anti-migrant governments, including Poland and Hungary, have reversed their stances on refugees, relaxing their border policies for desperate Ukrainians escaping the war. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, for example, who has received international censure for backing brutal anti-migrant legislation, recently announced that his country would "take care of" Ukrainian refugees. However, it's still unclear how Europe will adjust to what seems likely to draw into a longer-term conflict than either Vladimir Putin or Western observers anticipated. How long will the goodwill toward Ukrainian refugees last if the country they fled continues to remain in a state of armed conflict? As UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi wrote, “Nothing...can replace the need for the guns to be silenced; for dialogue and diplomacy to succeed. Peace is the only way to halt this tragedy.” —Noah Y. Kim Advertisement [International Rescue Committee]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [One Million People Have Fled Ukraine Already, UN Says]( Unlike recent crackdowns, neighboring countries have accepted migrants BY NOAH Y. KIM [Trending] [Jan. 6 committee says it has evidence that Trump broke the law]( BY INAE OH [She escaped from Ukraine. Now she’s haunted by guilt about those she left behind.]( OLHA MARTYNYUK AS TOLD TO ISABELA DIAS [The insurrectionist doctor who stormed the Capitol pleads guilty]( BY STEPHANIE MENCIMER [Silicon Valley's new promise: Your snacks delivered "faster than 911"]( BY NOAH LANARD Advertisement [International Rescue Committee]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and other militant right-wing activists are hellbent on transforming the Catholic Church]( Starting with the pope. BY KATHRYN JOYCE [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755