Since Russia’s invasion, 215,000 Ukrainians have returned home from abroad

Valentyna Romanenko, Yevhen Hrudenko – Thursday, 20 March 2022, 10:01

Since the start of the all-out invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, 215,000 Ukrainians have returned to Ukraine from abroad – most of them men.

Source: Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, on Ukraine24 broadcast

According to Demchenko: "As of now, 215,000 Ukrainians have already returned home from abroad. Most of them – around 80% – are men.

Passenger traffic on the borders with the EU and Moldova remained intense. In the last 24 hours, about 118,000 people have crossed the border to leave Ukraine. The vast majority of them are Ukrainians: women and children.

In the morning, there were almost no queues to leave Ukraine at 06:00 and 09:00. Meanwhile only yesterday and over the last few days, thousands of vehicles and thousands of people were queuing up  [to leave the country]."

Details: Regarding the admission of foreign volunteers to Ukraine, Demchenko noted that the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are working together to coordinate it.