‘Big ambitions’: Ukrainian businesses thrive in Poland
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Around a million Ukrainian refugees have settled in Poland since the start of the Russian invasion in February last year and many have brought with them an entrepreneurial spirit – some 30,000 new businesses have been opened by Ukrainian refugees and one in every ten new businesses set up in the country is owned by a Ukrainian.