Posted on Apr 10, 2022
Even with ties, Ukrainian families struggle to reach the United States
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Olena Kopchak says she will never forget those first explosions near her home in southern Ukraine.
The "boom" shook her awake. She raced to her 8-year-old daughter.
"My hands were shaking. My legs were shaking," Kopchak says in Russian, the language she grew up with. "And we were afraid for Yana. Because after two hours there were more explosions."
As she talks, she watches her daughter. The shy girl with braided brown hair is sitting on the couch focused on the TV tuned to Ukrainian news on the war.
Olena Kopchak says she will never forget those first explosions near her home in southern Ukraine.
The "boom" shook her awake. She raced to her 8-year-old daughter.
"My hands were shaking. My legs were shaking," Kopchak says in Russian, the language she grew up with. "And we were afraid for Yana. Because after two hours there were more explosions."
As she talks, she watches her daughter. The shy girl with braided brown hair is sitting on the couch focused on the TV tuned to Ukrainian news on the war.
Even with ties, Ukrainian families struggle to reach the United States
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