The Russian invasion has forced hundreds of thousands to flee from Ukraine—while others are returning from across Europe to fight. edcaesar reports from the Polish border.
From Lviv, Kateryna and Tatiana took a bus, which stopped nearly four miles short of the Polish border. It was already evening, and horribly cold. They began to walk the remaining miles. At 9., nearing the border, they were told by an official that there would be a nine-hour wait until they could be processed. They were shown to a school where they could sleep, alongside other people fleeing the violence. Volunteers had established food stations in the classrooms.
Last week, Doctorova’s two daughters were in school. Now they were standing on the side of a road in Poland, after an exhausting four-day journey, and with uncertain prospects. They wore hoodies and nose rings and Nike high-tops. They giggled often and shrugged their shoulders when I asked difficult questions. But I was surprised at how evenly their mother appeared to bear the dramatic changes in her life.
But there is also a counterflow. A stream of men is moving east, from Poland back into Ukraine. I met some of them at Medyka, the main border crossing near Przemysl. Medyka has recently been the site of a large inflow of refugees, but was much quieter on the day I visited, because—I was told—more people are now being bused straight to transit centers, rather than waiting at the checkpoint itself.
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