When Vironika Giacchi heard reports of Russian troop movements near Ukraine a few months ago, she enrolled in a first aid class near her home in Staten Island. If Russia mounts a full-scale invasion, she plans to return to Ukraine and volunteer as a nurse.
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She is one of more than 150,000 Ukrainians in New York City, the largest such community in the U.S., with pockets in Manhattan’s East Village and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn.
As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, it is a time of anxiety for the community.
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As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, it is a time of anxiety for the community.
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At Streecha, a Ukrainian church canteen in the East Village, the TV plays Ukrainian news nonstop.
“We’re all checking for updates every 10, 15 minutes,” said Dmytro Kovalenko, the manager, who emigrated from Ukraine in 2014. “It’s a time of worries.”
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“We’re all checking for updates every 10, 15 minutes,” said Dmytro Kovalenko, the manager, who emigrated from Ukraine in 2014. “It’s a time of worries.”
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Because of the time difference, events in Ukraine reach New York in the middle of the night, adding sleeplessness to the other stresses, said Maryna Prykhodko, who works with Ukrainian women’s organizations at the UN.
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Read more from members of New York City’s Ukrainian community, who, through technology, are connected to their homeland like never before, but are unable to change events.
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