Russian and Ukrainian Americans Pray for Peace During the Conflict

People gather at Trabuco Canyon Community Church to pray for Ukraine in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., on March 5, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

“I have been crying my eyes out for over a week now,” Alyona Nickelsen told The Epoch Times.

“It is simply unbearable to hear and see what is going on in Kyiv and Chernihiv, where I am from, and in the rest of Ukraine with all my relatives and friends there. ... This is just a horror beyond your worst nightmares.”