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Surrounded by welcome cards made by Sarah Toma’s students, Ann Vasiutkena is adjusting to a new feeling of home.

Surrounded by welcome cards made by Sarah Toma’s students, Ann Vasiutkena is adjusting to a new feeling of home.

A Halifax-based immigration consultant is in Warsaw, Poland helping Ukrainians flee the country, as the Russian invasion shows no signs of letting up.

The Nova Scotia Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress organized a rally and march through downtown Halifax Sunday.

Ukrainian-Canadian fisherman Lex Brukovskiy says he hasn’t been able to sleep over the past week due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brukovskiy’s mother and extended family are taking cover in the western city of Lviv.

In the early morning hours Thursday, Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack, the sound of explosions rattling a number of cities, in what Ukrainian officials called a “full-scale war.”

In the early-morning hours Thursday, Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack, the sound of explosions rattling a number of cities, in what Ukrainian officials called a “full-scale war.” More than 6,000 kilometres away, members of the Ukrainian community in Halifax rallied to call attention to the attack.

As Russia orders “peacekeeping” troops into two break-away regions of Eastern Ukraine, the Canadian government is continuing to exhaust diplomatic efforts to help avoid further conflict between the two countries.