Ukrainians are fleeing to Poland, but some are returning home for their families

People arrive in Poland who have just crossed the border by bus from Ukraine at the Korczowa-Krakovets crossing. / NPR

A bus brings refugees to a warehouse that's been turned into a shelter. / NPR

Polish civil servants, military and volunteers help organize the numerous busloads of people coming across the border from Ukraine and dropping off people who are fleeing the war in the country. / NPR

A temporary shelter is set up for people who have recently crossed into Poland by bus from Ukraine near the Korrczowa-Krakovets border crossing. / NPR

Karpenko's children play with other kids in the temporary shelter after crossing the border into Poland by bus. / NPR

People walk into Poland from Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing. / NPR

People carry suitcases towards the Medyka border crossing to enter Ukraine from Poland. People are returning to get to their families in Ukraine and also to join the Ukrainian military. / NPR

Ihor Kobryn, 52, is proud to be a Ukrainian and is returning to Ukraine tto fight after spending time working as a driver in Poland. / NPR

Sergei Smushko, who is Russian, helps a woman return to Ukraine to get her children. "I'm proud for Ukrainians because they are fighting a war they didn't start. And I think we should help each other and not fight each other. Because it's a bad thing, it should not happen now and in the future. But it's happening and we should do something, that is why I'm here, no questions asked." he says. / NPR