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

NPR | By Joanna Kakissis
Published March 9, 2022 at 5:18 PM EST

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 an international correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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