Ukrainian Calgarians watch President Zelensky’s parliament address: ‘A scream for help’
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The president of Ukraine made an historic address to Canada’s parliament that was also powerful and personal. Ukrainian Calgarians hope it compels Canadian officials to do more.
Countless Calgarians with ties to Ukraine watched and listened as President Zelensky addressed Canadians in an historic speech to parliament.
Uliana Kanevets has family in Ukraine. She said his words were powerful and personal.
“I know, being an ocean away, it’s easy to say: ‘It’s their war,'” Kanevets said. “It has to touch somebody when you imagine something in Calgary or Edmonton or Vancouver of Ottawa, it boggles the mind.”
Kanevets is with Calgary’s Vykrutas Ukrainian Dance Society. Members of the dance organization are harnessing their feelings of helplessness to raise money for humanitarian efforts in their homeland.
On Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m., nearly 100 dancers from across Alberta will share the stage in a benefit performance. Bravo 2022 is a dedication to the heroes of this war.
“I feel like all these people are hiding in bomb shelters and they feel alone and they don’t feel like they are part of a global community,” Kanevets said.
“I want them to know we are there for them.”
Anastasiia Yasynska is a dancer in Calgary and spent time in Ukraine just a few months ago, visiting friends and family.
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