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Since February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, 2.573 million people have crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border into Poland, the Border Guard (SG) tweeted on Friday morning.

The SG wrote on Twitter that on Thursday, Border Guard officers carried out 23,500 border checks on people entering Poland from Ukraine, a drop of 3 percent compared to the previous day.

The Border Guard also said that the number of arrivals by 7:00 a.m. on Friday had reached 6,800 people.