If the city completes the process, Kyiv would become L.A.’s 26th sister city, joining such urban centers as Athens; Berlin; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tehran.
With Russia’s war with Ukraine now in its second month, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to begin the process of making Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, aSupporters of that effort said it would deliver a “symbolic gesture of solidarity” from Angelenos who are horrified by the Russian bombardment.said he is aware that a sister-city designation is “the last thing” on the minds of Kyiv’s mayor and his embattled city.
A DJ and record-shop owner in downtown L.A. says that he’s being force to vacate his premises because of his Russian roots.
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