Sleepless nights for Ukrainian immigrants in Snohomish County

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EVERETT — For the first seven years of her life, Lily Tomchick lived in Ukraine.

Like many local immigrants, she has spent the past week wrought with fear for the safety of loved ones. She visited the country last summer and reconnected with family and friends — people she’s worried about now.

“A part of my heart is left over there,” said Tomchick, 24, of Everett. “I’m in a state of despair looking at the news, seeing all these places getting destroyed. Every single time you get news, it’s never good news. You think, ‘This is the worst that it could be.’ Then you get more news and it’s worse than that.”

Tomchick attends the Ukrainian Baptist Church of Everett. The war has brought her church community closer together, she said, as they lean on one another and pray.

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1. One of my best friends is the granddaughter of 4 Ukrainian immigrants to the US.

She has not slept or eaten much in the past week and I am worried about her. Her husband is American but born in the Ukraine.

I keep in daily contact with her and support her as much as I can. But there is not much that can be done to alleviate her worry. It is what it is.