One year ago today, under the direction of Vladimir Putin, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. To date Washington state has taken in more than 16,000 Ukrainian refugees, the third most in the nation. From an episcopal church in Kirkland prayers for the men and women fighting for the future of their country. “As a Christian I pray for peace but in the meantime, we want to share a message of hope that we can help people that are caught in the middle of this that have no fault whatsoever,” said Ben Schercuic. Schercuic was born in Romania just miles from the Ukranian border, “I was a refugee myself, I escaped communist Romania in 1989,” he continued. When Russian troops invaded Ukraine in 2022, Scherciuc, the head of the healthcare nonprofit Vital Solutions, went to work. That meant flying to Romania and driving across the border into Ukraine. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/one-year-later-reflect-war-ukraine/281-1f28c093-6d0f-4714-937e-b3122bd1058f