On Ukraine-Poland Border, Aid Floods in as Refugees Flee

A border crossing tracker has eased pressure, but many inbound aid vehicles are backed up for hours

Ukrainians who have fled their homes reach the border crossing into Medyka, Poland, from western Ukraine, on March 14, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

SHEHYNI, Ukraine—The line of Ukrainian refugees at the Shehyni–Medyka border crossing to Poland was much shorter on March 13 than the rush seen here in the first 10 days after Russia’s invasion.

A crowd of mostly women and children, many of whom had traveled for days from hard-hit cities in eastern Ukraine, waited quietly in a line that stretched past a row of kiosks selling food and trading currency.