Thousands of people took to the streets in Boston Sunday in support of Ukraine in its battle against invading Russian forces.
Yulia Pankratova chants with demonstrators outside the Massachusetts State House. She traveled from Maine to Boston to join a rally against the war in Ukraine. battle against invading Russian forcesThe rally started at 1 p.m. by the Boston Public Garden and the group peacefully made its way to nearby Boston Common., marking a dramatic escalation.
Dmitriy Sokolovskiy lives in Newton after emigrating from Russia more than 20 years ago. He works for a cybersecurity company and said he is worried about his coworkers in Ukraine. "We have hundreds of colleagues in Kyiv, all over Kharkiv, where the fighting is happening right now, and their kids are sitting in shelters," he said."In [the] 21st century, to know that that's what's happening, it's heartbreaking."
The crowd of demonstrators against the war in Ukraine filled the street in front of the Massachusetts State House, and stretched along Beacon Street and into Boston Common. Another rally attendee, Alexei Faktorovich of Sharon, was born in Kyiv. He said he supports
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