Poland admits 29,400 new arrivals from Ukraine: officials

Around 29,400 thousand people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Polish border guards said on Saturday.

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Polish Border Guard/twitter.com/Straz_Graniczna

Since February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded its neighbor, around 18 million people have crossed into Poland from Ukraine, according to the Polish Border Guard agency.

W dn.05.01 #funkcjonariuszeSG odprawili w przejściach granicznych na kierunku z Ukrainy🇺🇦do Polski🇵🇱29,4 tys. osób, od 24.02.2022 ponad 18,271 mln os.
W dn.05.01 z Polski🇵🇱 do Ukrainy🇺🇦odprawiono 26,1 tys. osób. Od 24.02.2022 - ponad 16,478 mln os.#NOSG #BiOSG #odprawagraniczna pic.twitter.com/aRpZqoNe3e

— Straż Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) January 6, 2024

Meanwhile, slightly over 16 million people have left Poland for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the agency added. On Friday, around 26 thousand people crossed from Poland into Ukraine, it also reported.

Saturday is day 682 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.

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Source: IAR, PAP