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After the start of the war, 870,000 citizens returned to Ukraine

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After the attack Russia to Ukraine 870 thousand Ukrainians returned to their homeland. There are many men among them who want to defend their country.

Ukrainians are returning from abroad

This was announced by a representative of the State Border Guard services Andrei Demchenko at a briefing, Channel 24 reports.

Since February 24, more than 870,000 citizens of Ukraine have flown to enter Ukraine,” the speaker noted.

According to him, in the early days of Russia's war against Ukraine, the number of people returning to Ukraine was insignificant – about 10 thousand people a day, mostly men. Now 25-30 thousand Ukrainians are returning to Ukraine every day, and among them there are many women, children and the elderly.

Demchenko added that since February 24, in general, 4 million have crossed the state border in sections with the EU countries and Moldova 300 thousand citizens in both directions, the number of Ukrainian citizens who have left reaches 3 million. About 350 thousand foreigners left Ukraine.

Earlier, UNICEF noted that almost two thirds of Ukrainian children were forced to leave their homes during the six weeks of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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