Church Prepared To Welcome Ukrainian Refugees In Wake Of Crisis
A call for help half a world away, Pastor Vadym Dashkevich has taken these calls all day.
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A call for help half a world away, Pastor Vadym Dashkevich has taken these calls all day.
CBS13 spoke to a member of Hungry For Life International, a humanitarian organization currently providing resources and aid to refugees in Ukraine, fleeing to safer parts of the country.
Friday, doctors completed a surgery on a 7-year-old boy who, she said, was in "extreme condition" after being hit by gunfire from Russian troops. His parents are believed to have died.
California Attorney General Bonta warns people to do their due diligence before donating to make sure these charities are reputable.
An escalating war in Eastern Europe has affected the lives of hundreds here in Sacramento. The local Ukrainian community gathered on the steps of the capitol, Thursday, to pray for peace as violence continues in Ukraine.
The Greater Sacramento region is already home to a large Slavic population. Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians started making their way to California dating back to the late 1800s, but what prompted the move and what continues to keep them coming?
Sacramento Kings player Alex Len and Toronto Raptors player Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk released a joint statement Thursday on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Slavic community gathered outside the Capitol to rally for Ukraine in prayer and protest for more sanctions against Russia. In the crowd, dozens of people waited for texts, calls, and updates from their loved ones in Ukraine.
Ukrainian and Russian families are watching war unfold via social media and news feeds — their only means of communication. One Sacramento woman has been working around the clock to try to check in on her relatives.
President Biden on Thursday declared Russia's continuing assault on Ukraine a "premeditated attack," and announced additional sanctions the U.S. and Western allies will impose on Russia in response to its aggressive actions.
A heartbreaking and devastating blow as the local Slavic community learned Russia was bombing their home country. Sacramento is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations in the U.S.
It has many in Sacramento's Slavic community worried about an invasion. Roman Romaso has more than 30 loved ones in Ukraine and says they're terrified this could be the start of a war.
The U-2 spy plane is among the assets the United States is using to monitor Russian military movements near Ukraine.
Sacramento has one of the largest Russian-speaking populations in the U.S., one community leader estimates in the greater Sacramento area there are upwards of 100,000 Slavic immigrants who call California, home.
The dog's adoption here in America is part of an international effort to rescue animals living in a Ukrainian disaster zone.
Follow up-to-the-minute developments on the plane crash in Ukraine.
A man who was arrested after police said he rushed and touched Brad Pitt at the premiere of the Angelina Jolie movie "Maleficent" is a former Ukrainian journalist with a history of getting too close to celebrities.
President Barack Obama is delivering a statement to the country Thursday morning on the situation in Ukraine.
President Barack Obama says a referendum for Ukraine's Crimea region to separate and become part of Russia would violate international law.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russian President Vladimir Putin is a tough guy with a thin skin who is squandering his country's potential.
With Russia poised to take over Ukraine, the item was pulled from the agenda at the last minute by Sacramento's vice mayor.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has removed 23 missionaries from Ukraine's Crimean peninsula amid civil unrest there.
Lubow Jowa, along with many Ukrainians in Sacramento, believe the violence won't stop until the international community takes action and puts pressure on the president.
A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted 14 people on charges of arranging sham marriages to immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Eastern European nations to help them stay in the United States, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said Tuesday.
