Olga Kornisevych Mosand is the leader of the Ukrainian Association in Trondheim. She reacts strongly to what is happening in Ukraine no.
– It is shocking and very sad, she says.
Yesterday, Mosand listened to news from his home country. There they talked about shelters and that one in western Ukraine should get ready to receive refugees, she said.
– It was totally surreal, and I could not believe that this was going to happen.
Announces marking in Trondheim
Mosand says that the Ukrainians she spoke to in Norway today are very affected by the invasion. A Ukrainian girl who lives in Norway called her and cried while they were talking on the phone, she said.
– Her mother had called her before me and asked her to come to Ukraine, Mosand said.
– They are shocked and grumpy. We must gather and support each other.
She warns that there will be a celebration in the city against the Russian invasion.
– I want to go to Trondheim and gather people who live in the area. We must be together and support each other.
The family wants to go to Norway
Mosand has been bidding in Norway since the early 2000s. She lives in Børsa outside Trondheim, but still has family and friends in Ukraine. Her parents are retired and her mother is said to be in poor health. Mosand describes the mother as very emotional no.
– They will come to Norway for us. But it is difficult for them to leave their apartment and the city, she says.
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