Ukraine nationals return from abroad to fight Russian invasion
Zee News
"We have to defend our homeland. Who else if not us," said a mustachioed man in front of a group of some 20 Ukrainian truck drivers walking to the checkpoint to enter Ukraine.
Medyka: While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia's attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland.
Poland's Border Guard said Sunday that some 22,000 people have crossed into Ukraine since on Thursday when Russia invaded the country.
At the checkpoint in Medyka, in southeastern Poland, many were standing in a line early Sunday to cross into Ukraine. "We have to defend our homeland. Who else if not us," said a mustachioed man in front of a group of some 20 Ukrainian truck drivers walking to the checkpoint to enter Ukraine.
They came from across Europe to return to Ukraine. They spoke to The Associated Press in Ukrainian and in Russian. Another man in the group said: The Russians should be afraid. We are not afraid." Members of the group declined to give their names, or only gave their first names, citing their security and that of their families.
A man in his 20s, who said his first name was Denis, said he had been working in Poland but was returning to Ukraine where his "everything" is.
