When Ukraine opens play at the World University Winter Games against Team Canada on Thursday, it takes the ice against a nation that has helped the players realize their ambition to attend the multi-sport event in Lake Placid, N.Y.
'We had to decide whether to hide in a shelter where we may be killed by a grenade or risk a 50-50 chance of surviving a train ride through areas under Russian attack,' says Eliezer Sherbatov, adding he just wants to stay close to his family now