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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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."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.
Kopchak, 40, her husband and Yana spent nine days in her parents' basement. They survived largely on bread and crackers, as the Russians carried out a relentless barrage on their hometown, Mykolaiv, a Ukrainian port city that's critical to Moscow's efforts to gain more control of the Black Sea.
The three are now staying in a small 250-square foot apartment in Warsaw, Poland. They hope to eventually get to the United States, where Kopchak's sister lives."...
..."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.
Kopchak, 40, her husband and Yana spent nine days in her parents' basement. They survived largely on bread and crackers, as the Russians carried out a relentless barrage on their hometown, Mykolaiv, a Ukrainian port city that's critical to Moscow's efforts to gain more control of the Black Sea.
The three are now staying in a small 250-square foot apartment in Warsaw, Poland. They hope to eventually get to the United States, where Kopchak's sister lives."...
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Helping people that have family here should not be that difficult, I hope the Administration acts on the promises of the President but think it will unfold much the same as the Afghan Withdrawal.
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