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Red Deer woman brings province together for Ukraine
Red Deer is quickly becoming the hub in Alberta for Ukrainian efforts, with people from Edmonton and Calgary sending donations, and it may be because of one local woman.
“I can’t stay home and sit in a warm couch and watch people dying from hunger and the cold,” said Iness Kojlo.
On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin, declared a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine, sending the first missiles.
That same day, Kojlo started to bring people together in Red Deer with her first rally on Gaetz Ave. outside Cilantro and Chive.