Man who grew up with war in Iraq now in Kyiv using his business to help

FILE PHOTO: Emad Ballack, an Iraqi-American Kurd and businessman, who owns a restaurant in Kyiv, takes a selfie near the TV tower that was hit in the attacks during Russia's invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 12, 2022. Courtesy of Emad Ballack/Handout via REUTERS

When Iraqi-born American entrepreneur Emad Ballack watched footage of war breaking out in Ukraine from his office in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, he decided he had to act.

As civilians started to pour out of the country, Ballack, who is an ethnic Kurd, began a four-day trip to Kyiv, a city he has called home for the last eight years.