Report from Fox News
Tulane School of Law graduate and attorney Ivan Bondarchuk hasn’t stopped working, even while in hiding during the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began one year ago this week.
Through his law firm in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, he’s helped identify and document potential war crimes by the Russian military and file lawsuits on behalf of fellow Ukrainians.
“Over the last few months, life’s become not fully normal, but close to what you can tell is normal, actually, in a war zone,” Bondarchuk told Fox 8 on Saturday (Feb. 25).
A year after the first missiles struck, he said residents can go outside without constant fear. But the cloud of war is still present.
“Missile shellings are not as precise as they used to be,” he said. “And so that’s why many people are able to carry on a normal business lifestyle.”
Bondarchuk was in Kyiv during President Joe Biden’s surprise visit, which he said lifted spirits last week.
“Everyone was very surprised and very happy,” he said. “It was just a perfect cause for the traffic (to be congested), so everyone was happy with that.”
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