“My Heart Is in Odesa”: A Ukrainian Family Stranded in New Jersey When War Broke Out Is Now Trying to Plan a New Life

The vast majority of the more than 3.5 million Ukrainians to flee the war-torn country have so far found safe harbor in neighboring European nations, particularly Poland, where up to 50,000 refugees have reportedly been crossing the border each day. A comparatively tiny number of Ukrainian refugees are already in the United States. They find themselves distressed and disoriented, navigating the bureaucratic red tape of the resettlement process while helplessly watching the horrors unfolding in their native land. That’s life right now for Veronika Toma and Andrey Pustovoy, who were in the middle of a 12-day road trip with their… Read Full Article