{"id":18074,"date":"2025-02-25T02:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ukrainians-in-the-okanagan-mark-three-years-since-the-start-of-the-war\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T02:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:20:09","slug":"ukrainians-in-the-okanagan-mark-three-years-since-the-start-of-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ukrainians-in-the-okanagan-mark-three-years-since-the-start-of-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians in the Okanagan mark three years since the start of the war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukrainians gathered outside Kelowna City Hall on Monday, just as they did three years ago.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Maksym Maksvchuk, 17, recalled the day he was in military training when Russia launched a full-scale attack against Ukraine in Feb. 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were hiding in a big basement and we heard the rockets come through, maybe next in the next streets over,\u201d said Maksvchuk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11033574_67bd27efb349d\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11033574\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11033574\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11033574_67bd27efb349d\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Kelowna woman shares story of fleeing Ukraine on anniversary of war'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/craf7ezkof-2qr75t3y27\/5P_KEL_UKRAINIAN_REFUGE_OM017C7T_pic.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/craf7ezkof-2qr75t3y27\/5P_KEL_UKRAINIAN_REFUGE_OM017C7T_pic.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/craf7ezkof-2qr75t3y27\/5P_KEL_UKRAINIAN_REFUGE_OM017C7T_pic.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/craf7ezkof-2qr75t3y27\/5P_KEL_UKRAINIAN_REFUGE_OM017C7T_pic.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:47<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Kelowna woman shares story of fleeing Ukraine on anniversary of war<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since then, he, just like the more than 8 million other Ukrainians, have fled their home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hear that they see their house is no longer there, people lose everything, they completely start their life here. They\u2019re so happy to have their kids,\u201d said Kelowna Stand with Ukraine vice-president, Denys Storozhuk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump met with Russian leaders, shutting out Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting came as Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I heard, \u2018Oh we weren\u2019t invited,\u2019 well you\u2019ve been there for three years, you should\u2019ve ended it, you should\u2019ve never started it, you should\u2019ve made a deal,\u201d said Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11033518_67bd27efb5c11\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11033518\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11033518\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11033518_67bd27efb5c11\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Ottawa pays tribute to Ukraine on 3rd anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion'\" width=\"640\" 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Ukrainian consulate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the delays put Maksvchuk at risk of being sent back to Ukraine, which means fighting close to the front lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be with my father, so one good thing about that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11033433\/ukraine-war-anniversary-okanagan\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainians gathered outside Kelowna City Hall on Monday, 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