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

People wait at a platform of the train station after fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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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