You're reading: Ukraine registers almost 1.59 million IDPs from Crimea, Donbas by end of August

Some 1,586,135 internally displaced persons (IDPs) or 1,276,900 families from Russian-occupied Donbas and Crimea were registered in Ukraine as of August 28, the Ukrainian Social Policy Ministry has said.

“People entitled to benefits received Hr 1.890 million as of August 28” the ministry said, citing data from regional and Kyiv city state administrations.

As reported, there were 1,580,646 IDPs registered in Ukraine as of July 24.