Why this Ukrainian exchange student left Seattle for a war zone back home

More than 1.9 million refugees have escaped Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Many more are expected to leave. But, Olena Bidovanets has returned to Ukraine.

Bidovanets is a psychotherapist and a Fulbright scholar at the University of Washington pursing her Master in Public Health. When the invasion into Ukraine began Bidovanets and other members of the Seattle Ukrainian community staged protests across Seattle.

But every time she supported her homeland locally, her heart said it wasn't enough.

"Felt that every time that my heart is not calm," Bidovanets said. "I don't feel that I am doing good, being in the distance."