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Image: Women and children fleeing war in Ukraine cross the border into Poland at Medyka on March 3, 2022. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
Image: A father hugs his daughter as the family reunite after fleeing conflict in Ukraine, at the Medyka border crossing, in Poland on Feb. 27, 2022. (Visar Kryeziu / AP)

While busloads of Ukrainian refugees streamed across the border into Poland, small groups of men were heading in opposite directions to fight the Russians.

Some of the people appeared to be Ukrainian in their 20s and 30s, but they could also be heard speaking other languages. Many of the men had tactical boots on.

The license plates of the cars that dropped them off at the crossing showed they had come from as far away as Italy and Germany.

A man with a military bearing from Great Britain was among those heading east into Ukraine.

Ian told NBC News correspondent Jay Gray that he was going to fight.

Image: (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
Image: (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)

Ian was sent to the left by the Ukrainian border guards after they looked over his papers.

The International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine was founded by Ian and the others after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for friends of peace and democracy to join.

This is the beginning of a war against Europe, against European structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules and peaceful coexistence.

NBC News could not confirm the number of foreigners that Zelenskyy said had joined the brigade.

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At least a million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion began, and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Europe. Bryan Stern, co-founder of Project Dynamo, talks to News NOW about how his organization is trying to rescue Ukrainians who are trying to flee the country.

The Spanish government called for international volunteers to help fight in the civil war against Gen. Ferdinand Franco and the fascists in the 1930s.

The New York Times reported that the Ukrainian Embassy in France has been trying to get former soldiers to join the fight by setting up a Facebook page with information and paperwork.

More than 1 million Ukrainians, mostly women and children, have fled in the eight days since the Russians invaded their country, and the pace at which civilians have been crossing the border into Poland has grown fiercer.

Image: (Visar Kryeziu / AP)
Image: (Visar Kryeziu / AP)

An army of Polish volunteers backed by relief workers from other countries has set up refugee aid centers in nearby cities.

Ukrainian refugees have been bused to major Polish cities like Warsaw, Krakow and Gdansk, as well as to Germany, Austria and even Denmark.

Image: Women and children fleeing war in Ukraine cross the border into Poland at Medyka on March 3, 2022. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
Image: Women and children fleeing war in Ukraine cross the border into Poland at Medyka on March 3, 2022. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)

In recent days, the border crossing at Medyka has been the scene of emotional reunions as Ukrainians return to their homeland after a long journey.

There have been times when Ukrainians have been frustrated by the bureaucracy on both sides of the border. African and Asian people who had been living in Ukraine have accused the Ukrainian border guards of racism.

The evacuated appeared to be going well on Thursday.

Image: A father hugs his daughter as the family reunite after fleeing conflict in Ukraine, at the Medyka border crossing, in Poland on Feb. 27, 2022. (Visar Kryeziu / AP)
Image: A father hugs his daughter as the family reunite after fleeing conflict in Ukraine, at the Medyka border crossing, in Poland on Feb. 27, 2022. (Visar Kryeziu / AP)

Most of the escapees boarded buses provided by Poland's national fire department on the Ukrainian side.

Jim and Alyona gave their names as Jim and Alyona and said they had traveled from Belgium to Medyka.

Alyona was waiting to collect her sister, who had been traveling by train for several days from the city of Dnipro.

Alyona said she had heard from her sister, who was still at least three to five hours away from Medyka.

Alyona said she would wait all night if she had to.

There were reports from Medyka, Poland, and New York City.

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