Amid war, Ukraine’s millennials feel special responsibility for nation
by Noah Robertson
Jul 28, 2022
4 minutes
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Oles Yakymchuk was in Ohio, studying for a master’s degree in fine arts. He did not have to come back to his homeland. The war was an ocean away.
But Mr. Yakymchuk, who’s spent the last four months raising money and delivering first-aid supplies, couldn’t tolerate the distance. “I didn’t know how I could live a normal life in the U.S. during all this crazy stuff happening here,” he says. “I would have to come back.”
So he did – in part to support his family, in part because he couldn’t ignore his feelings for his country. Mr. Yakymchuk is 29, almost the same age as
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