Inflation has pushed 71 million people into poverty since Ukraine war – report

Afghans receive aid at a camp (AP)

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a UN report.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that 51.6 million more people fell into poverty in the first three months after the war, living off 1.90 dollars a day or less.