Chicagoans with family in Ukraine react to Russian invasion

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A protester holds a Ukrainian flag during a rally in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2022. About 200 people gathered to protest President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times
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A protester holds a Ukrainian flag during a rally in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2022. About 200 people gathered to protest President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans with family in Ukraine react to Russian invasion

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Russian troops moved into the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv Friday to strike at the heart of the country and its political power.

Reset hears more about what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine.

GUESTS: Anna Savchenko, Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism fellow, WBEZ Education reporter

Julian Hayda, 3rd generation Ukrainian-American, former WBEZ producer