Ukrainians abroad have returned home in huge numbers to fight since Russia invaded, says border service
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More than 320,000 Ukrainians have returned home since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said Thursday.
A man carries combat gear as he leaves Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) A man walks through a border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) A group of men carrying combat gear leave Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Saturday, March 5, 2022, after fleeing Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) Civilian volunteers check their guns at a Territorial Defence unit registration office on February 26, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) A civilian volunteer fixes his gun at a Territorial Defence unit registration office on February 26, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Volunteers wait in line to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a military commissariat in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2022. (REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi) A destroyed Russian tank is seen after battles on a main road near Brovary, north of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)) A van with the word "Children" written on it drives past a destroyed Russian tank as a convoy of vehicles evacuating civilians, leaves Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))
In Poland alone, border guards have counted more than 195,000 crossings of people into Ukraine, 80% of whom were Ukrainian nationals, though some people may have been counted twice, a Polish Border Guard spokesperson said this week.