Local Ukrainian Celebration Has Different Feel As War Torn Homeland Continues To Struggle Against Russian Invasion

CBS Los Angeles

April 4, 2022

This year's Easter festival at the Ukraine Culture Center had a much different feel from year's past, as Eastern Europeans living in Los Angeles gathered instead to offer support to their homeland — still in the midst of the ongoing Russian invasion.

Instead, the festival turned into a fundraiser, where the hundreds of attendees joined in Ukrainian traditions, while supporting their friends, family and country by purchasing different items from vendors and donating their time and goods to be send overseas.

"We decided that the war situation is so dire, that they need all the attention and help in Ukraine," said.

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