Ukrainians in the United States are making donations, sending money to relatives and mulling how they could get family out of a war zone, as they call on President Joe Biden and the wider world to do more to thwart Russia's invasion.
Around 1 million people in America are of Ukrainian descent with communities dotted around the country, including in Los Angeles, where hundreds have demonstrated against Moscow's attack.
Her relatives in the west of the country did not want to leave, a message received by other diaspora Ukrainians Reuters spoke with, but she said that it could yet be necessary. The logistics of leaving a country when roads are choked with traffic trying to flee, airports are closed, and the financial system has been hit by cyberattacks are ridden with obstacles.
"Maybe in the near future ... we will send some things and we will help our families," said a 37-year-old who gave his name as Andrew, his young child strapped to him in a baby carrier. Crimea, which was part of the Soviet empire until the early 1990s, was controlled by the Ukrainian government until 2014, when it was annexed by Russia.After President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent earlier this week, Western nations applied more sanctions but wanted to stop an invasion by holding back the strictest measures as a deterrent.
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