BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 26: A protester holds a banner calling for imminent help for Ukraine during a demonstration against Russia's invasion of Ukraine held in front the building of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the E.U.
on February 26, 20 The Rev. Myron Myronyuk stayed up all night at home in Pennsylvania as his twin brother tried to flee Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, only to turn back because the road out was choked with traffic.
His in-laws, also in Ukraine, told him they couldn’t get basics like bread and milk.There was little Myronyuk could do but pray that his loved ones would survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine.A sense of helplessness overcame Ukrainians in America as the war unfolded half a world away, with little chance their loved ones in Ukraine would find refuge in the U.S.
any time soon. For now, they are trying to donate money and supplies, desperately seeking advice from immigration attorneys about how to get family here and pleading for world leaders to intervene more forcefully.RELATED: Russian troops close in on Kyiv as residents flee"I say, ‘We’re praying for you, we wish you to be safe, go to a safe place,’" said Myronyuk, pastor of St.