Real Madrid to donate one million euros to help displaced in Ukraine

Spanish club Real Madrid will donate one million euros ($1.10 million) to help those displaced in Ukraine following Russia's invasion, the LaLiga leaders said on Wednesday.

Real said the funds would be donated to the Red Cross, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other organisations working on the ground in Ukraine.

The UNHCR said approximately 2.97 million refugees have so far fled Ukraine, roughly 7per cent of the country's population, since Russia's invasion began on Feb. 24.

($1 = 0.9091 euros)

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)