In New York’s ‘Little Ukraine,’ fears and prayers for homeland

In New York’s “Little Ukraine,” anxious residents fret about the fate of their loved ones 4,000 miles away if Russia launches a full-scale invasion of their homeland. “I still have family there, a big family,” Anna Shestopalova says outside the St George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manhattan. She emigrated to the United States in 1996 and is fearful for the safety of her sister and nephews back in Ukraine.

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