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Beginning a new life in another place is problematic for most of us.
Pulitzer Center reports that for refugees, however, it is a permanent solution to an issue that they never thought they would have to solve.
Over 6 million Ukrainians have fled across the globe since Vladimir Putin’s soldiers invaded Ukraine three years ago.
Nearly a million have found refuge in Poland.
Although Poland has never had a history of accepting forced immigrants, Ukrainians have been allowed to cross borders without documentation since the war began.
According to the NGO Project Hope, 80% of refugees from Ukraine are women and children who were forced to leave after Russia’s invasion.
Many of these women have found purpose in different ways, but what they all share in common is that war has taught them what it means to be Ukrainian.
