The Ukrainian community in the Triangle is calling Tuesday a somber milestone as it marks four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, but it has been going on much longer than that.
For Olena Kozlova-Pates, watching the war in Ukraine drag on from her Wake Forest home isn’t just heartbreaking, it’s personal. She grew up in Ukraine and has lived in the United States for 33 years.
“Ukrainians have always been fighting for independence. Fighting for survival. Fighting for its place on earth,” said Kozlova-Pates, with Ukrainians in the Carolinas. “It is emotionally very draining.”…