A year after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two women reflect on their new lives on Vancouver Island.
More than a hundred people attended a candlelight vigil at the B.C. Legislature in honour of the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who were killed in the war yesterday, Feb. 24.
“In that time, you realize apartment, your job, it doesn’t matter. Only your family and people you love matters,” said Konstantynova. The rest of her family remains in the war-stricken country and don’t have plans to leave. Konstantynova says her family feels safer in their home country. To her, however, some days are harder to deal with that fact than others.READ MORE:Since last year, HUVI has helped nearly 1,000 Ukrainians settle on the island, but they’re seeing a sudden increase in those fleeing the war and that has the agency worried.
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