As the westward exodus slows in Przemysl, a critical hub for Ukraine’s evacuation, a few are going east to check on family, while volunteers, including Canadians, are showing up to help combat Russia’s invasion
since Russia’s invasion began, and many more are expected to arrive as the fighting intensifies. But Margaret Demkiv was heading in the opposite direction Thursday, back to Ukraine.
Now that the flow of refugees has also begun to slow, some Ukrainians are making day trips to a grocery store in Medyka, a small town in Poland, just across the border, to pick up supplies that are running short in Ukraine. One group of women carried shopping bags stuffed with milk and fresh vegetables Thursday as they walked back over the border.At the Przemysl train station, Mike Dobson was going to Ukraine for a much different purpose on Thursday.
Mr. Dobson, 36, said he’s had three years of military training and has been in constant contact with the Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa about the required documentation and supplies. He’s received some support from friends on Facebook and lashed out at those who have been critical of his decision to fight. “You know there’s all these people that say they’ll do anything to help,” he wrote in a recent post.
“I was watching what everyone else was watching on television and I think I just couldn’t live with it any more,” Mr. Mitchell said as he stood in the train station wearing battle fatigues and carrying a stuffed backpack. “I knew that I wanted to be a part of it. And if I didn’t do it, I knew I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.” He said he had nine years of military training in the U.S.
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