‘It’s a silent city’: Ukrainian-Jewish teen escapes war zones in Ukraine and Israel, finds safety in Canada
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17-year-old Yeva Korotkykh can finally rest easy in northern Ontario knowing she’s not hearing sirens, gun shots or explosions after fleeing both Ukraine and Isreal.
17-year-old Yeva Korotkykh can finally rest easy knowing she’s not hearing sirens, gunshots or explosions.
Some might say she’s lucky to be alive.
“It’s a silent city and I really like to be here,” she said smiling and laughing in North Bay, Ont.
In a span of nine years, the teenager escaped three warzones: war in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and now the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
In 2014, her family was forced to flee Donetsk when Russian-backed separatists attacked government buildings and the Ukrainian military launched an operation against them.
“I was so shocked. I didn’t know about it,” she said.
“All day I was nervous and I didn’t know what I needed to do.”
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