Ukraine Needs Its Women Back for a Shot at Economic Recovery
The longer war refugees stay away, the less likely it is that they’ll return.
Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Przemysl train station in Poland on March 1, 2022, days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine needs its women refugees to come home, and soon.
Almost a year and a half into President Vladimir Putin’s faltering invasion, the cost of resistance for Russia’s neighbor has been devastating. Unless Ukraine’s six million-plus refugees return, some of that damage will be permanent.