Bluffton University students got a different side to the Ukraine-Russian conflict through the eyes of a family that was dealing with it firsthand.
Lana Rogoza shared her sister Anna's story about escaping Ukraine and how she was lucky to be sponsored to come to safety in the United States. Lana is originally from the Ukraine herself and says it is a war of good and evil. Since the Russian invasion in February, the citizens hear air raid sirens multiple times a day and continue to deal with the loss of friends and family. Lana says she continues to bring awareness to what is going on in her country, and the individual struggles, like her sisters, that may not make mainstream media.
Unfortunately, the news didn't tell a lot of the stories, and especially right now, in the first when this war started, it was a lot, you would turn on every channel and this would be Ukraine war. Then started to disappearing from it and now it's just very rarely you can hear about it and that's why I'm here to raise awareness that it's still here, Ukraine is still fighting for their freedom," expressed Lana Rogoza, who told the story of her sister escaping Ukraine during war.
Lana says she is happy when people hear that she is from Ukraine and that they say they're praying for her country.
