Kateryna Yushchenko, who was born in the Humboldt Park area and served as first lady of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010, told the Tribune she’s “very distressed the West isn’t doing enough.”
A former first lady of Ukraine with deep roots in Chicago called on the international community to take stronger action against Moscow, as Russia’s brutal invasion threatens her nation’s independence — and potentially global order and security.
But Yushchenko, a former White House and State Department official, has been “very distressed the West isn’t doing enough,” she told the Tribune in a recent telephone interview from an undisclosed location amid security concerns for her and her family. Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, attends a small gathering at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business at the Gleacher Center on April 4, 2005.
“The world cannot just stand by and watch,” she said. “If the world does not stop Putin here, you will have to fight him in your own country.”during a tumultuous campaign against a Russian-backed candidate, which spurred a wave of protests and civil unrest known as the nation’s Orange Revolution.Kateryna Yushchenko said millions of Ukrainians are sheltering in basements and subways, fearing for their lives and the future of their nation.
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