Ukraine-Russia Crisis and Forced Displacement: Humanitarian Assistance of World Community
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31305/rrjss.2025.v05.n01.011Keywords:
Forced Displacement, Humanitarian assistance, Human rights, Invasion, RefugeesAbstract
It is agreed that the Europe has seen the largest conventional military attack since the World War II in the form of Russian invasion to Ukraine. Since the formation of Ukraine in 1991, it has always been a common area of interest between the NATO bloc and Russia. After a series of very eventful timeline Russia launched full scale invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022 naming it a “Special Military Operation”. This article gives a critical understanding of forced displacement that is happening in Ukraine due this invasion. The study also highlights the humanitarian measures those are taken by the world community to provide some sort of humanitarian assistance to the war living people of Ukraine.
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