![]() Hearing some whispers and mumbling from a seat behind her, the little girl turns to see an old woman chanting some foreign-sounding words, and when the latter opens her eyes, they are seen to be unnaturally white with no pupils. Amidst a lot of turmoil and chaos inside the aircraft, Katya wakes up from her sleep and finds herself alone. ![]() (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Anna Rybalko and Diana Melin hold sunflowers, the flower of Ukraine, during a rally in Copley Square marking the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Sunday in Boston.The film begins with a middle-aged woman traveling with her young daughter, Katya, aboard an airplane through extremely stormy weather outside. in support of the Ukrainian people on Sunday. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) People wave Ukrainian flags at a rally in Copley Sq. marking the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Sunday. “Don’t be silent, spread awareness, donate, fight and please, never lose hope.” A woman holds a sign reading “Stop the Genocide of Ukrainians” during a rally in Copley Sq. “You have the power to influence the future,” Chelnokova said vehemently. “We definitely should help more than we do now,” said Russian immigrant Mikhail Viner-Bykovskiy, referencing U.S. Still, some said, maintaining attention on the plight of the Ukrainian people is vital. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Jamaica Plain. “We are very glad we are not alone,” said Roman Tarnavsky, a pastor at St. “Our feet and our hands are cold, but our hearts are warmed by the support,” said Kateryna Dzemianok, remarking that no matter how far they are from home, the community can show up for each other and be together.ĭespite recent faltering of the unanimous political support for providing aid to Ukraine, rally goers Sunday by and large expressed gratitude for the U.S.’s continued efforts, intermittently chanting “Thank you U.S.A.!” The couple said they’re “devastated” the country will never be the same, but this sort of support and hope means a lot. “I got to see Ukraine three months before the war started,” said Belarusian immigrant Pavel Dzemianok, who married a Ukrainian immigrant Kateryna Dzemianok. rally was followed by an exhibit in the Trinity Church displaying the signs detailing the toll of the war and a prayer service at 5 p.m. Signs held by volunteers around the rally read the tragic toll of the last year, including 6,826 civilians killed, 450 killed children, 12,572 children forcibly taken to Russia, 1,110 destroyed hospitals, 3,126 destroyed schools and many hefty reminders of the ways the country is forever changed. And then I heard my mom start to cry.”Ĭhelnokova, like many other speakers, reminded attendees of the reality of the “nightmare.” There was a silence on the other end of the line. That the Russian is bombing every city in Ukraine. “And at that moment, I knew I had to be the one who would tell her that her life won’t be the same again. “She asked me, ‘Baby, why are you calling me so early? What happened?'” Chelnokova recalled. Nika Chelnokova, a Ukrainian Suffolk University student and founder of Boston Support Ukraine, remembered calling and waking her mother the day the invasion began. ![]() “Make no mistake, Vladimir Putin is as much a war criminal and a gangster as Adolf Hitler was in his day.”įor many in Boston’s Ukrainian community, the day was a personal reminder. ![]() “Ukraine stands at the front line of democracy in Europe, and this brazen, brutal savage attack on the Ukrainian people is as unlawful and as savage as the unprovoked attack on Poland in 1939,” Rep. ![]()
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