Bay Area Ukrainians reacted to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea to U.S. Congress Wednesday as they continue to send humanitarian aid to their native country.
“I think he made it clear what is happening in Ukraine now and he drew an analogy to Pearl Harbor and I think that’s accurate except in Ukraine. It’s happening every day,” Igor Markov with the non-profit Nova Ukraine.Earlier this week, the group coordinated a team of volunteer Stanford students who flew to the Seattle area to help pack up medical supplies bound for the warzone. Markov said that the medical aid is desperately needed right now.
“Lots of missiles hitting apartment buildings, people killed including children. it’s as gory as it gets,” he said.
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