Fundraiser launched to help Ukrainian refugees start new life in Alberta
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A family has to start over for the second time after they fled their home and lives in 2014 and again in February when Russia started the war in Ukraine.
A Ukrainian mother and daughter have come to Alberta to start over for a second time, but this time leaving behind a husband and brother.
The Pustovoyts were forced to flee their home and lives in 2014, when war broke out in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
They found themselves on the run again in February, when Russia started the war in Ukraine.
Sergey, Irina, their son Max, and daughter Polina are originally from Donetsk, where they had a life, a house and a successful business.
It was hard to believe that a war was breaking out for Irina, until one day in 2014 when she was driving ten-year-old Polina to gymnastics. The car ahead of her stopped to let a military vehicle pass, then suddenly began to back up.
Not knowing what was happening, Irina got out and saw a military man pointing a rifle at the man in the car and yelling to keep his distance and back up.
Irina dropped Polina off and went home on her regular route through the central square.
“On the square, there were a lot of people and a lot of militaries shooting up in the air from their rifles,” said Irina. “My parents told me they were celebrating victory.”
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