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Al Jazeera
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Mansur Mirovalev

Ukrainians horrified by killing of refugee Iryna Zarutska, US culture wars

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks on the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian woman, who was on board a North Carolina train, during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025 [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Lyubov, a young Ukrainian woman living in North Carolina, says she was not surprised by the killing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed to death on a light-rail train in the same state on August 22.

“No matter how horrible it sounds, [the stabbing] was yet another confirmation of my concerns,” said Lyubov, a 22-year-old who lives with her American husband, referring to an uptick in violence.

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