
The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia first invaded in February 2022 includes billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid from dozens of countries.
We hope that the Russia-Ukraine war does not last as long as the ongoing conflict in Syria, which started in 2011 as a civil war brought about by a popular uprising to overthrow an entrenched authoritarian regime. Nearly 7 million Syrians are still internally displaced, 6.6 million have fled the country and more than 60% of the population faces hunger. Estimated death tolls range from 350,000 to 605,000.