The war in Ukraine is more than 100 days old, and Chicagoans rallied in Daley Plaza on Sunday to make sure no one forgets the struggle.
“We’re making a continuous rally to keep the awareness going about the war that Russia brought in Ukraine,” attendee Yuriy Makar said.
Makar was one of dozens of people, most of them young, at Sunday’s rally. He told WBBM that the threat of Vladimir Putin should concern the whole world.
“Ukraine has been getting help,” Makar said, “But to win this war we need continued assistance.”
Meanwhile, Putin warned Sunday that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit "objects that we haven't yet struck."
The Russian leader's cryptic threat of a military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be, but it came days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine.
“There’s no end in sight; it’s not gonna [sic] end soon,” said another attendee of Sunday’s rally, Pavlo Bandriwsky. “This is an existential battle of good versus evil, of the Ukrainians against the invaders of Ukraine.”
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