Fleeing their country’s civil war, Ukrainian Jews head for Israel
KIEV — Yulia, Kostiantyn and their daughter Valerie don’t look like a typical refugee family. All well-dressed – even the Chihuahua, Micky, donning a chic doggy jacket – they might not seem out of place mingling with Kiev’s oligarchs. But the truth is that the family, Ukrainians of Jewish heritage who arrived here five months ago from the eastern city of Luhansk, has lost almost everything since clashes among pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian nationalists forced them to flee their home. So on Monday, parents, daughter and dog – together with 226 other Ukrainians Jews – left Kiev on a charter …read more
Source: The Washington Post
