Ukrainian asylum seekers in Houston spoke with ABC13 after being separated from the men in their family who stayed behind in case they were drafted for war.
Ukrainian refugees in Houston reflect on their new lives in the United States nearly one year after seeking asylum from the attack from Russia.This week marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, igniting a war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced about 8 million people.
However, nowhere else in Ukraine felt any safer for Solovei and her husband. They stayed to care for her father-in-law, who had cancer and evacuated to the basement every time the sirens went off. "It was the hardest moment in my life, because I still remember our last meeting bus station. I was the last person who entered bus. I just leave ," Solovei said. "To be honest, during the beginning of the war, we were hoping that it would only last a few weeks. But it just kept going."
It was thanks to a childhood friend who lives in Houston who helped her get some grounding here by getting her own apartment and sending her daughter back to school. She said what's been extremely difficult is seeing the destruction happening in her home country. Solovei eventually resettled in Houston eight months ago. She and other Ukrainian refugees have been granted a two-year parole under the
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