“We have to defend our homeland. Who else if not us.' As hundreds of thousands of refugees leave Ukraine amid Russia’s attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning from across Europe to fight for their country.
“I want to go back to join the army, to fight. We will see, we hope we will win. I want to go back, that’s all,“ he said.
Lesa, 36, from Lviv, spoke to the AP just before entering the checkpoint building, following her brother into Ukraine. On Ukraine’s side of the border, a man was directing those arriving to a place where cars and buses were waiting to take them onward. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is preparing bonuses to families who would lose income if “the men need to join the army,” Minister Marian Jurecka said.Czech railways say Ukrainian men traveling back to Ukraine can take any train free of charge. They need to travel through Poland or Slovakia to reach Ukraine.
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