“I’m going to fight': Volunteers cross Polish border into Ukraine to fight Russian forces
, mostly women and children, have fled in the eight days since the Russians invaded their country, and the pace at which civilians have been crossing the border into Poland has been accelerating as the fighting has grown fiercer.
From there, Ukrainian refugees have been bused to major Polish cities like Warsaw, Krakow and Gdansk, as well as to Germany, Austria and even Denmark.Sean Gallup / Getty Images There have been outbursts of anger from Ukrainians frustrated by the bureaucracy on both sides of the border. And there have been
Waiting on the Polish side was a couple who gave their names as Jim and Alyona and said they had driven to Medyka from Belgium.
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