Woman's Day

UKRAINE CRISIS ‘WE JUST WANT PEACE’

On an eerily quiet subway platform deep beneath the normally bustling streets of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a lone trumpeter gives an unwavering rendition of his country’s powerful national anthem.

Almost 15,000km away in a quiet suburb of Brisbane, Ukrainian-born sisters, Olha Yenalieieva, 37, and Lera Drahomirova, 43, sit glued to the TV, hopeful that one day soon they get the news they’ve been praying for since Russia declared

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