According to the Polish Ministry of Interior, about 410,000 people have fled Ukraine to Poland since the Russian military invasion as of 3:00 pm on the 1st.
Of these, at the border in Medica, a town in southeastern Poland, a large number of people fled to the Polish side for a day by walking from the Ukrainian checkpoint or taking a prepared bus.
In Ukraine, the departure of men aged 18 to 60 is restricted due to the strengthening of defense posture, so most of the women with children and elderly people cross the border, and those who have been waiting. We saw a person who reunited with us and shed tears.
In addition, many people said that it took several days after the train from Ukraine arrived at the station in the city of Przemysl near the border on the morning of the 1st, and all of them looked tired.
A 35-year-old woman who had evacuated with her daughter for several days from the capital Kyiv said, "I'm glad she was able to reach it safely because her daughter is 7 years old and I really wanted to escape." rice field.
During the evacuation, the siren of the air raid warning sounded and escaped to the shelter. "Many people were in a dangerous situation, there was no water, and they had to escape to the shelter with their children. This shouldn't happen in 2022, "he said in tears.
In addition, a support center for evacuees was set up in a commercial facility near the station, and those who arrived were resting with tired expressions.
Many volunteers from Poland rushed to the center to set up tents in the parking lot, providing food, medicine, winter clothes, and diapers for children.
There is also a growing movement of volunteers to drive their cars to people arriving by bus from border crossings, with signs stating the destinations of other cities in Poland to help them move.