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Ukrainian women fleeing war find welcome, and work, in Eastern Europe

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By Krisztina Than VESZPREM, Hungary (Reuters) – Two days after arriving from the bombarded outskirts of Kyiv following a gruelling journey, 24-year-old Ukrainian Olga Yasnopolska signed a contract to work for a large German automotive parts supplier in western Hungary. She is one of hundreds of thousands of refugees, mostly women and children, who have poured into Eastern Europe seeking safety since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The region’s fast-growing economies, which have been struggling with a chronic shortage of workers that pre-dates even the COVID-19 pandemic, are welcoming the re…

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