US warns a Russian invasion of Ukraine could displace 5 million people

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations (UN) Sergiy Kyslytsya (L) fist bumps US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield (R) after he speaking during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukraine crisis, in New York, February 21, 2022 (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
The United States tells the UN General Assembly that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could displace as many as five million people.
“If Russia continues down this path, it could — according to our estimates — create a new refugee crisis, one of the largest facing the world today,” says America’s ambassador to the world body, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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