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Vladimir Putin's Trail of Tears—and Destruction—Inflicted Upon the People of Ukraine in 2022 And Beyond

Ukraine Locator Map | [Source: The World Factbook | https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/locator-map] Ukraine map showing major cities as well as parts of surrounding countries and the Black Sea. | [Source: The World Factbook | https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/map] population by age pyramid for Ukraine | [Source: U.S. Census Bureau | International Database | https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/#/pop?COUNTRY_YEAR=2022&menu=popViz&COUNTRY_YR_ANIM=2022&FIPS_SINGLE=UP&POP_YEARS=2022&FIPS=UP&quickReports=CUSTOM&CUSTOM_COLS=POP,MPOP,FPOP&popPages=PYRAMID]
Kyiv, Ukraine KYIV WEATHER
Celsius / Fahrenheit Equivalents
Degrees Celsius (°C) Degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
-30 -22
-20 -4
-10 14
0 32
1 33.8
2 35.6
3 37.4
4 39.2
5 41
6 42.8
7 44.6
8 46.4
9 48.2
10 50
11 51.8
12 53.6
13 55.4
14 57.2
15 59
16 60.8
17 62.6
18 64.4
19 66.2
20 68
21 69.8
22 71.6
23 73.4
24 75.2
25 77
26 78.8
27 80.6
28 82.4
29 84.2
30 86
40 104
50 122
60 140
°C=((°F-32)x(5/9)) °F=(°C x (9/5))+32



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A Trail of Tears—and Destruction—in Ukraine 2022 And Beyond

Let there be no mistake about it: There are more than enough war-related instances of suffering and forced displacements occurring across Earth on a daily basis. The country of Ukraine, in 2022, is one of the most recent instances of forced displacements. As previously noted on the Data Grid page of this website and as noted by publications such as the UNHCR's report titled Global Trends in Forced Displacement – 2020, the phenomenon known as "war refugees" is a very common, recurring, and seemingly intractable human problem as illustrated by the table below.

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This page is about Ukraine's war with Russia in 2022. The Ukrainian focus of this page is not to overlook or minimize the suffering, destruction, harm, upheaval, and death experienced by many other humans across Earth that is a direct result of the many armed conflicts currently and simultaneously being waged. These disparate incidences of human-on-human fighting and killing one another across Earth are all too tragic and avoidable.

On 24-February-2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. It was an unprovoked invasion of conquest. Despite the many horrors of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, becoming a refugee of war is not an unusual occurrence on Earth. Instead, Russia's 2022 war with Ukraine is but another sorrowful episode of human-on-human atrocities.

For students of USA history, the horrific human toll resulting from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine is akin to the long-ago American Indian "trail of tears." In the infamous trail of tears, between 1830 and 1850, many American Indians were uprooted from their ancestral tribal lands by the USA government and forcibly relocated to Indian [reservation] Territory (as depicted by the map and image below). According to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, "The Cherokee Nation removal has become known as The Trail of Tears. In 1838–1839 the Cherokee Nation endured a forced march to Indian Territory," which is the present-day Oklahoma area of the USA.

Native American Trail of Tears 1838 [Source: commons.wikimedia.org. Map of the route of the Trails of Tears — depicting the route taken to relocate Native Americans from the Southeastern United States between 1836 and 1839 to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). work by Nikater.]
Painting Depicting the Cherokee Trail of Tears [Source: Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian | Robert Lindneux (1871–1970). The Trail of Tears, 1942. Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.]


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Fast forward to 2022. With Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on 24-February-2022 and with Russia's subsequent bombardments of Ukrainian cities, the arduous flight of Ukrainian citizens to neighboring countries to survive is not too dissimilar from the Native American "trail of tears." That is to say, in both instances, both uprooted peoples endured heartache, agony, fear, misery, hardship, injury, pain, hunger, suffering, sickness, tears, chaos, convulsions, and death. Will humans' inhumanity to one another ever stop? Will these types of human-on-human atrocities ever end? Has Earth not witnessed enough violence, cruelty, and hatred emanating from the human species over the millennia? It is madness! It is yet another manifestation of "the evil that [humans] do…"

Russia's Unprovoked War of Conquest on Ukraine in 2022



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War-Related Vital Statistics for Affected Ukrainian Civilians

Statistics As of 27-February-2024
Data Source: ReliefWeb Crisis Figures Data - Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
NOTE: The Ukraine dataset in the table below has been archived by Humanitarian Data Exchange. It is no longer being updated as of 27 February 2024.
Category Statistic Count As of Date
People Affected People in Need 14,600,000 01/03/2024
People Targeted for Assistance 8,500,000 01/03/2024
Ukrainian Refugees & Internally Displaced People (IDP) since 24 Feb 2022 Internally Displaced People (estimated) 3,689,000 02/08/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Poland 956,635 12/15/2023
Ukrainian Refugees in Romania 78,745 02/05/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in the Republic of Moldova 120,695 01/14/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Hungary 65,585 02/13/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in the Russian Federation 1,244,180 06/30/2023
Ukrainian Refugees in Slovakia 116,195 02/11/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Belarus 39,900 12/31/2023
Ukrainian Refugees in Czech Republic 381,400 01/31/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Bulgaria 67,770 02/14/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Lithuania 52,670 01/31/2024
Ukrainian Refugees in Latvia 43,825 12/31/2023
Ukrainian Refugees in Estonia 38,245 02/04/2024
Ukrainian Refugees across Europe 6,004,100 02/15/2024
Border crossings to Ukraine (since 28 Feb 2022) 12,910,129 05/16/2023
Civilian Casualties since 24 Feb 2022 (killed & injured) Civilians Killed since 24 Feb 2022 10,378 01/31/2024
Civilians Injured since 24 Feb 2022 19,632 01/31/2024
Attacks on Health Care Facilities (since 24 Feb 2022) Attacks on Health Care (since 24 Feb 2022) 1,624 03/08/2024
Attacks on Health Care: Deaths (since 24 Feb 2022) 119 03/08/2024
Attacks on Health Care: Injuries (since 24 Feb 2022) 256 03/08/2024

See Also: Ukraine Data Explorer | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) | Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
Surveillance System For Attacks On Health Care (SSA) | World Health Organization



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Infographic: Almost Four Million Seeking Refuge from Russian Invasion | Statista
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There is no glory to be gained from needlessly destroying the property and lives of others. It is wrong to do such a thing. It is wrong to invade another sovereign country without provocation. Understandably, in dire circumstances, a country might solicit and welcome foreign assistance and intervention, for instance, in the presence of failed-state, humanitarian-crisis types of distressful situations and abhorrent conditions. The unprovoked conquest, subjugation, and humiliation of another country are historical anachronisms not compatible with 21st century living.



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