Sasha Kovalska, 15, and brother Bazhen Kovalskyi, 12, arrived Tuesday after a 14-hour journey from Poland.
Bazhen Kovalskyi, 12, left, hugs his cousin, Radomyr Kovalskyi, 11, at San Antonio International Airport on Tuesday. Bazhen and his sister Sasha Kovalska arrived in San Antonio after fleeing Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.After a 14-hour journey from Poland, two teen Ukrainian refugees landed at San Antonio International Airport on Tuesday, far away from the horrors of a war that has been devastating their hometown of Kyiv.
“It is really important to show that there are people here who can support kids, who can support refugee families,” said Kovalskyy, who did not allow the children to be interviewed as they were tired and ready to be out of the spotlight. Kovalskyy said his brother, who joined the Ukrainian militia, was hesitant to send his family to the United States at first. After Russia began bombing Kyiv, and the children and their mother spent days in bomb shelters, they all applied for visas to come to the U.S. without their father, and eventually to San Antonio.
The people of Poland have been supporters of Ukrainians fleeing from war, and have set up shelters along the border, Kovalskyy said. Some volunteers pick up seniors and children from the border and transport them to where they’ll be staying in Poland.
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