Panamanians Edmar Camacho and Efraín Calvo are returning this Sunday, August 9, 2026, after escaping and crossing out of the conflict zone in Ukraine. They spent two transit days in Poland following extraction and are completing their journey via the Warsaw–Amsterdam–Panama route with support from the Panamanian Foreign Ministry. Repatriation and Conflict ContextThe Travelers: Edmar Camacho and Efraín Calvo successfully left Ukraine after dealing with deceptive recruitment conditions and restricted movement on the ground. Broader Operation: Their return concludes a larger humanitarian rescue effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama that assisted seven total citizens connected to the Russia-Ukraine war (five extracted from Russia and two from Ukraine). This Sunday they will make the return trip to Panama on the Warsaw-Amsterdam-Panama route, aboard the KLM airline.