On the frontlines of Poland's makeshift response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis
Nearly three million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began — most of them to Poland. NPR visits two border crossings that highlight the differences in reception refugees are seeing.
MEDYKA & KROSCIENKO, POLAND — At the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, an exhausted Ukrainian mother carries her toddler over the checkpoint and onto Polish soil.
There, a young man in uniform is waiting to take the child into his arms, while others rush to help.
Thousands of feet have trampled the dead winter grass into mud at the crossing in the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. Nearly 3 million people have
