16-year-old Ukrainian refugee goes through monthslong ordeal to be reunited with aunt in...

A Ukrainian-born U.S. citizen's fight to rescue her 16-year-old nephew from the war zone has finally ended, with a hug.

Maryna Seifi had been working to bring Illia Prahkin to live with her in the Bay Area since late February. His parents can't leave Odesa – Seifi's sister is a police officer, and men over 18 aren't allowed to leave – so they put the teenaged Illia on a train to the Polish border, where Seifi flew to pick him up.

That was when she said the U.S. Embassy refused to grant the teenager a visa. At the time, the U.S. had no program for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.