Ukrainian Refugee, 14, Reaches U.S. After Fleeing Nation Alone
BY ZOE STROZEWSKI ON 3/21/22 AT 10:21 AM EDT
A14-year-old Ukrainian boy recently arrived in the U.S. after fleeing the country alone following Russia's invasion late last month.
Illia Ishchenko-Leshchynskyl is now staying with his aunt in Southern California, and has been there for a little more than a week, KABC-TV reported. He told the station that his trip lasted three days.
"This was so long and hard for me, but I'm here, and that's so good," he said.
The Russia-Ukraine war has caused 10 million people to flee Ukraine in the weeks since Russia launched its attack, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said in a Twitter post Sunday. Of those, more than 1.5 million children have fled since the start of the invasion,
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