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Divisions between the local Ukrainian and Russian communities are rising since the international crisis in Europe.
Slavic Community Center Director Valentine Kalinovsky is responding to the recent attacks targeting businesses of Eastern European origin here in the U.S. following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He calls for peace in the US tensions and in Ukraine.
Sacramento is home to one of the U.S's largest Ukranian populations, and Kalinovsky says those who live here with ties to Ukraine and Russia are trying to cope and support each other.