Human costs mount in the third week of war in Ukraine

Refugees and displaced Ukrainians passed the five million mark, as Russia encircles cities and pounds them with missiles

Russia’s apparent inability to capture any of Ukraine’s top ten cities in three weeks of war resulted in heightened human suffering, as sieges tightened around Kiev, Mariupol, Chernihiv and Kharkiv and Russia lobbed missiles into the heart of urban centres, targeting hospitals, schools and high-rise apartment blocks.

The UN says more than three million U…