Jewish orphanage evacuates as Russian military invade Ukraine | USA TODAY

Ukrainian orphanage evacuates 300 children, 80 staff, and 150 families as Russian military continues invasion.

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The children joined a long stream of civilians scrambling to find safe havens in the past two weeks. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, according to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.

As of Thursday, 2,316,002 refugees have fled Ukraine; over 1.4 million of them have crossed into Poland. The U.N. expects that number to soon exceed 4 million.

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