(Omar Jimenez/CNN)Even as the bombs began to fall, Yevhenia Khomenko didn’t want to leave her home in Kyiv, Ukraine. Years later, she fled her home during World War II as her country was targeted by Adolf Hitler. The Russian attacks have reminded Khomenko of the bombing, shooting and violence during World War II, she told CNN. Khomenko returned to Kyiv after World War II to help rebuild the city’s main square, she said. They reunited in Sacramento with five generations of their family, as a great great grandmother and a great grandmother.

Source: CNN March 31, 2022 23:54 UTC