With no choice but to flee, Ukrainain refugees find stability in Saskatchewan
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Their lives changed in an instant. Viktoria got an early morning phone call from a friend telling her to wake up her relatives and run away because Kyiv is getting bombed.
For Ukrainian siblings Viktoria & Kostya Mazurak, February 24th, 2022 will always be the day their lives were turned upside down.
Residents of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, the pair lived with their mother Olha and father Vitaliy.
19-year-old Viktoria was attending university and taking law classes. She loved meeting up with friends and exploring her beautiful hometown.
That all changed when she woke up to a phone call from a close friend who proceeded to give her the worst news of her life.
“She told me to wake up my relatives and run away because Kyiv is getting bombed,” said the young teen through a translator.
It was February 24th, in the early morning hours Vladimir Putin and the Russian army began their attack on Ukraine.
“When we opened the window we heard the bombs and very scary sounds. We didn’t have a choice we packed everything up and we left for the west side of Ukraine where our grandparents live,” said Viktoria.
The Mazurak family quickly packed their lives into their car and headed west.
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