In Jacksonville, hundreds of people gathered inside Memorial Park to rally against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Three-hundred sixty-five days ago, Vladimir Putin decided he needed to do something,” said a speaker at the event. “He told the world he was just training people. We know what that was. It was a lie.”
“We have some friends who already died. They were killed on the front line,” said Alina Mychka, also a Ukrainian-American. “We are very thankful for them because all the people still in Ukraine right now are in danger.” “Before the war, I was not in the military. I was a civilian,” Lav said, via a translator. “But when the Russian occupation happened, I joined the military because I wanted to protect my family, my kids and my country.”“Even though I had no prior links to the country, I think like many people that it felt like an assault on the freedom that I have. I live in a country that’s free,” said Gboybga Festus, a Nigerian-American.
“I’m ashamed of the government of Russia doing this awful act of aggression towards people in its neighboring country,” she told us. “There are so many Russians that have Ukrainian friends and relatives. A big percentage of Russians are related to Ukrainians. So, for us, this war was a complete shock.”
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