The group sang Ukraine’s national anthem as they held flags and signs urging people to pay attention to what's happening as they made an emotional plea for world leaders to do more.
The capital city is more than 5,000 miles from Chicago’s Norwood Park neighborhood, but both are home to proud Ukrainians. At a rally in Norwood Park Thursday morning, Chicagoans showed support for friends, neighbors, and family back in their home that is now a war zone.There was pride as the Ukrainian national anthem blasted and horns honked. Despite the many miles between them, the Chicagoans at the rally vowed to be one with their homeland.
They gathered at the entrance to the Harlem Avenue Blue Line stop over the Kennedy Expressway to tell the world, “We need help.”“My son is in Ukraine,” she said. “I worry about him because close to my house, we had a bomb attack.”“Putin is a dictator,” said one woman named Marta. “He cannot claim Ukraine.”“He just wants to occupy Ukraine, take over, destroy our people – but we’re not going to let that happen,” said Valentin Balaban.“She has my young nephew out there,” he said. “He’s scared.
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