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Poland's history with Russia has inspired some Poles to join the fight in Ukraine

By Joanna Kakissis
Published March 9, 2022 at 2:18 PM PST
This story was published more than 3 years ago.

Citizen-soldiers are joining Ukraine's new international brigade of foreign fighters. They include Poles who compare Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the Soviet Union's brutal occupation of Poland.

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Joanna Kakissis
Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia.

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