About 1 mln people returned to Ukraine in past few weeks – PM

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published May 7, 2022 at 11:09 am

People queue to cross the border on their way back to Ukraine (back) as refugees from Ukraine are seen arriving in Poland (front) at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland on April 8, 2022. - The flow of people escaping Russia's war in Ukraine has slowed but those now fleeing have often spent weeks in dire conditions, the United Nations said on April 8. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 4,382,316 Ukrainians had fled the country since the war began on February 24. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

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About 1 million people have returned to Ukraine in the past few weeks, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

“About 1 million people have already returned to Ukraine in the past few weeks. The return flow is now bigger than the outflow from Ukraine,” Shmyhal said in an interview with Poland’s state-run television channel TVP.
According to research and government data, 99% of Ukrainians who had to leave the country in light of current events have plans to return home as soon as the situation becomes more or less safe, the prime minister said.