According to the UN, at least 200,000 refugees have fled Ukraine into Poland and other neighbouring countries.
Ukrainian men and women living across Europe are hoping to fight Russia or reunite with their children
But Poland’s Border Guard said on Sunday that some 22,000 people have crossed back over the border, with checkpoints so busy that snaking queues were forming outside. Most of the expats returning home are believed to be fighting-age men seeking to enlist in the Ukrainian armed forces, though some were women who had left their families behind for stints abroad to earn higher wages.
Another young woman said she felt a duty to relieve her husband of childcare duties so he could fight.
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