'I feel so helpless': Ukrainians living in Austin watch a war thousands of miles away. Three women described to AKMcGlinchy an almost electric current of constant fear — an anxiety and helplessness that pulses through them.
Protesters rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in front of the state Capitol on Sunday.
Born and raised in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, Bereznyak emigrated to the U.S. two years ago. Her parents and her niece still live in the Eastern European nation. Since Russia invaded Ukraine a week ago, her mother and niece have moved to the countryside to avoid the fighting in Kyiv; her father has stayed.Anna Bereznyak attends a rally in support of Ukraine in front of the Visa building in Austin on Tuesday. The demonstrators called on Visa to block Russian banks from its network.
Nataliya Kovalchuk said the past week has felt like a “bad dream.” But in order to wake up from a dream you have to sleep first; that’s something Kovalchuk is not doing. Kovalchuk said she has the news on as often as possible, struggling to watch the decimation of her country while also feeling these are events she needs to witness. Her son, who is 6 years old, has noticed a change in her.
“He saw the same emotions amongst those people that I had. Then he realized that something bad is going on.” “They could hear loud explosions, could see fire from the window,” Ledesma, who lives in Austin, said.
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