Green Bay Reporter

A 19-year-old Ukrainian student, Anastasiia Lehova who is studying in Green Bay, has been watching in horror as her country fights the Russian invasion, Fox 11 reported.

"It’s scary explosions in my hometown, in capital, in many cities," she told the station. "I think everyone's biggest fear is the possibility of death."

She feels that her family in the southeastern city of Mariupol, including her parents, four brothers and two sisters, won't be able to flee to Poland, like many other Ukrainians are doing.  

"It’s very dangerous to go out of the city," she said.

It is estimated that more than a million Ukrainians have fled the country to surrounding countries. When asked, she said she would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin everyone just wants more peace and nobody asked for what is happening. 

"We didn’t ask Russia to come to our territory and 'liberty' us from something," Lehova said. "Now we want peace."

When asked how the refugees will be returned to their homes in Ukraine, she said, "The answer is unfortunately we don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s possible that refugees will be resettled and the U.S. and Canada have refugee resettlement programs. So, refugees are resettled to places like Green Bay."

Claudena Skran, a former United Nations consultant who now teaches at Lawrence University, told Fox 11 international agencies will help the Ukrainian residents resettled. 

"National governments will be donating their space, their services and then they’ll be boosted by international actors," Skran said. "So, the biggest one is the United Nations Refugee Agency, which is known as the UNHCR."