MILWAUKEE — Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Monday, Feb. 24, Milwaukee was one of dozens of cities across the United States where community members gathered with speeches, song and prayer.
About 200 people held blue and yellow flags and signs at Museum Center Park on Wisconsin Ave. on Sunday. They also held ribbons descending from a wreath of sunflowers — Ukraine’s national flower and a symbol of peace.
“My parents actually had to flee their home when the Russian tanks started rolling down their street in Donetsk,” Karina Tweedell, a board member with Wisconsin Ukrainians Inc. told WTMJ. “That area continues being occupied by Russia.”…