Around 1.43 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since invasion – Border Guard

People fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine at the train station in Przemysl

WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish Border Guard said on Thursday that 1.43 million people have entered Poland from Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24.

The Border Guard said in a tweet that on Wednesday around 117,600 people crossed the border. As of 0600 GMT on Thursday around 22,000 people had crossed.

(Reporting by Alan Charlish and Joanna Plucinska; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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