Ukrainians Grateful For Support in North Dakota

Dmytro Somkin, right, and Kseniia Somkina entertain the crowd. (Photo by W. Scott Olsen/For the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – War changed everything for Dmytro Somkin and his wife, Kseniia Somkina.

The Ukrainian couple left behind their home and their careers to seek safety after Russia invaded in 2021.

They promoted peace by singing duets at a fundraiser for their fellow Ukrainian families in North Dakota and Minnesota.

“We want peace,” Somkin said. “We also want to say thank you to the Americans for supporting us.”

Somkin is living in North Dakota under the Uniting for Ukraine program, which allowed citizens of that country to enter the U.S. under humanitarian parole.  The continuation of that opportunity, however, is uncertain.