Bay Area rallies against Russian invasion of Ukraine: 'I'm scared of nuclear war'

The Bay Area showed support for Ukraine on Saturday, as they gathered in San Francisco for the largest rally of its kind to date.

Hundreds of people turned out for a rally in San Francisco to stand with Ukraine Saturday, the largest rally of its kind to date.

"Send Putin home, no-fly zone." That was one of many chants at the rally where passions ran high as various random speakers took the mic to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Irina Petrova said she left Russia 22 years ago as former KGB officer turned president Putin was rising to power. Whether from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus or beyond, the message was the same: denounce the war, and do whatever is in your power to help it end, while supporting those who are suffering.

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