About 30,000 people are returning to Ukraine each day, according to a U.N. agency, many of them women, children and older people.
Since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, more than 870,000 people in all have crossed back into Ukraine, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
It isn’t clear to what extent Ukrainians headed into their home country are returning for good or are making short trips to meet relatives, to help those still in the country to flee, or to carry out ordinary business. “This significant figure suggests that migration back to Ukraine might continue increasing, potentially creating new challenges for the humanitarian response as people will need support to reintegrate into their communities or find suitable host communities if returning to their homes is no longer viable,” OCHA said in a report Thursday.