Quigley visits Ukrainian Village school where one-third of student body fled war in Ukraine

Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, speaks to students — many of whom came from Ukraine — at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood Thursday. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

When Oksana Vasylenko fled her native Ukraine with her now-3-year-old son and their family dog, her son cried every day for his father, who joined Ukrainian forces fighting against Russia’s invasion.

“Now, it’s ok,” she said. “He understands his father is only a picture on the phone.”