Millions Are Fleeing Ukraine, Some Are Going Back

[dalton99a]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-are-fleeing-ukraine-some-are-going-back-11647169202

Millions Are Fleeing Ukraine, Some Are Going Back
Thousands of Ukrainians are bucking the tide of war refugees and returning to care for relatives and pets, tend homes and work in hospitals
By Matthew Luxmoore and Ian Lovett
March 13, 2022 7:00 am ET

PRZEMYSL, Poland — Just two weeks ago, Yulia Rabievska and her mother Ira frantically threw their possessions into bags and fled Ukraine ahead of invading Russian forces. They reached Poland after three days on the road with Yulia’s 6-year-old son, her sister and her nephew.

But on Friday, Ira went back into war-torn Ukraine, ignoring Yulia’s pleading that she remain. She joined a steady stream of Ukrainians heading home, going against the epic wave of refugees fleeing the country. ...

Heading home are people from all walks of life: men signing up to defend their cities, often accompanied by their wives; mothers returning to their husbands after taking children to safety abroad; Ukrainians going to care for ailing parents and relatives who are too weak to leave. Some people were on vacation abroad when the war broke out and decided they must return to do their part.

Ukrainian doctor Oleh Trehuba was on holiday in the Dominican Republic when Russia invaded. He and his wife Iryna, a nurse, traveled through Austria, Germany and Poland to reunite with their three children and care for their patients in their city about 100 miles west of Kyiv.

“I walked around crying for three days” after the war began, said Mr. Trehuba, 44, just before he crossed into Ukraine this week. “But we gathered the whole family on a video call, and decided we will remain in Ukraine. A doctor must help.”

[tanyev]

1. Wow.

I wish them all the best.