Irena Laura Yoder of Iowa told Fox News Digital she urged her son to leave Ukraine weeks before Russia attacked
"I trust the news in the U.S. and I saw what Biden was saying. I said, ‘There’s going to be a war,'" she relayed to Fox News Digital.
Irena Laura Yoder of Dubuque, Iowa, told Fox News Digital she urged her son TJ to flee Kyiv, Ukraine. Yoder said her daughter-in-law Viktoria was adamant about not separating from TJ — but their son Mark has neurological issues that require medical attention.Her son TJ, 35, was living in Ukraine with his wife Viktoria and their 1-year-old son, Mark, when Russia invaded in late February. "On the 24th, I went to bed that night. I work at the hospital," Yoder said.
TJ and his family packed their car and left Kyiv for the Poland border, though TJ was unable to cross, since Ukrainian officials banned men ages 18 to 60 from leaving the nation. "I pray every day to see my family again even though I have a feeling, time to time, I might not."Yoder said her daughter-in-law was adamant about not separating from TJ. Yet their young son Mark has cysts on his brain and severe neurological issues — which require medical attention.
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