Over 140,000 nationals, mostly men, return to Ukraine since the start of Russian invasion

Valentyna Romanenko – Sunday, 6 March 2022, 16:31

Since the beginning of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, more than 140,000 Ukrainians have returned to their country.

Source: State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine

Details: Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion, 1.5 million people have crossed the state border in the west of Ukraine. 

Among them, more than 900,000 people left the country: almost 764,000 Ukrainians and nearly 137,000 people of other nationalities.

At the same time, 143,000 Ukrainians returned to Ukraine, 80% of them men.

Border guards also facilitated the passage of 2,450 vehicles carrying humanitarian aid from abroad.