This week could mark a pivotal moment in the war between Russia and Ukraine. President Donald Trump has set a deadline of Friday, Aug. 8 for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal. So far, Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't listened to Trump's calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities. Trump has threatened the Kremlin with economic penalties if they don't stop the killing. So far, though, the war continues. One young Ukrainian woman who has made Indiana home is drawing attention to the ongoing war through her art. It has become a coping mechanism and a way to let the world know her country still needs help. Thousands of miles away from a quiet neighborhood in Broad Ripple, across an ocean and a seven-hour time difference, Iryna Bondar’s family wakes up every day to war. “The amount of people we have lost, I don’t know a single person in Ukraine right now who hasn’t lost somebody,” said the 28-year-old data analyst. Bondar grew up in the small Ukrainian village of Izmail, where her parents still live. In 2015, she came to Indianapolis to study at IUPUI’s Herron School of Art. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/1258-ukrainian-woman-living-in-indiana-uses-art-to-mark-length-of-ongoing-war-iryna-bondar-broad-ripple/531-fdc59d39-da14-4ebc-bbac-e158fe04d293