Olga Tsoi, 31, had hoped to bring her Ukrainian mother with her. Instead, Oksana Tsoi will resettle in Canada. Her daughter blames red tape, combined with a sluggish response from the United States in welcoming Ukrainian refugees.
A Chicago woman who was trapped in Ukraine by Russia’s invasion of the country has successfully made it into Poland but the journey for her and her mother is only beginning.
The bus ride from Kyiv to Lviv in Ukraine normally doesn’t take 18 hours. But normally there wouldn’t be blockades and military checkpoints along the way..