Ukrainians return from abroad to fight Russian invasion

Published February 27, 2022 2:24 AM

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI
Associated Press

MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia’s armed attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland. At the checkpoint in Medyka, in southeastern Poland, many were standing in a line early Sunday to cross into Ukraine. The men were planning to fight for their country and said they were not afraid. Women are returning to take care of their children, freeing up men to fight. Meanwhile, at least 368,000 people have fled Ukraine into Poland and other neighboring countries in the wake of the Russian invasion, the U.N. refugee agency said Saturday. It did not give figures for those going to Ukraine.

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