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Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska

Russian invasion displaces Ukrainians who fled Donbas conflict

Russia's invasion of has sent more than 1.5 million people from Ukraine fleeing into neighbouring countries, according to the United Nations [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/ Al Jazeera]

Przemysl, Poland – Sasha and Nastia slowly inhale the smoke from their cigarettes. Their paths have never crossed before, but they exchange knowing glances in wordless understanding when they realise they are both from Ukraine’s Donbas region.

The women, who only gave their first names, are standing in front of the main train station in Przemysl, a Polish border city, where hundreds of refugees arrive daily on trains from the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

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