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A Ukrainian family who came to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation ended up watching from the islands in shock as bombs started dropping on their country.

By Associated Press

March 30, 2022

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A family of five that left Ukraine to go on vacation in Hawaii watched from the islands in disbelief as Russia invaded their country. Now, they are refugees in the middle of the Pacific, cut off from their home.
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People walk on the beach in Kailua on Wednesday, March 23. A Ukrainian family traveled to Kailua for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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Vasyl Prishchak, center, of Kyiv, Ukraine, speaks to The Associated Press as his wife, Marina, right, and daughters, Ksenia, 5, second from right, Sofiia, 10, left, and Mariia, 16, second from left, listen at their temporary home in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23. The Prishchak family traveled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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Vasyl Prishchak, left, is interviewed by The Associated Press as his wife, Marina, right, and daughter, Ksenia, 5, sit next to him at their temporary home in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23. The Prishchak family traveled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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Vasyl Prishchak, center, of Kyiv, Ukraine, talks with The Associated Press at his temporary home in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23, Prishchak and his family traveled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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Vasyl Prishchak, center, of Kyiv, Ukraine, walks with his wife, Marina, right, and daughters, Ksenia, 5, second from right, Sofiia, 10, second from left, and Mariia, 16, left, in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23. The Prishchak family traveled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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Vasyl Prishchak, center, of Kyiv, Ukraine, looks at photos on his phone with his wife, Marina, right, and daughter Mariia, 16, left, at their temporary home in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23. The Prishchak family traveled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home.
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People examine the damage after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21. Eight people were killed in the attack.
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A soldier smokes a cigarette while walking next to a destroyed building after a bombing in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20.

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