Vicky Shestopalov News Today

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine will begin arriving in Alaska over the next year or two. And the state’s refugee coordinator has begun notifying local-government officials that some of them will be placed in communities where they’ve got family ties. Meanwhile, members of the Slavic community in Delta Junction say a few have already arrived.

Members of the Slavic community in Delta Junction are feeling the pain of family and friends in Ukraine who are suffering under the Russian invasion. And the locals are raising money to help those under siege there.