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Two Ukrainian sisters in Pennsylvania fear for loved ones abroad as Russia threatens war

“I would be a bad father if I didn’t beg you to come home this very instant.”

Vera Penkalskyj and Marta Penkalskyj (right), sisters raised in Ukrainian culture and both grads of Manor College, greet a friend they haven’t seen for years, Chrystyna Prokopovych, curator of the college’s Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center, as they visit the school Wednesday. They have family in Ukraine, and Marta has been living there, returning home just recently.
Vera Penkalskyj and Marta Penkalskyj (right), sisters raised in Ukrainian culture and both grads of Manor College, greet a friend they haven’t seen for years, Chrystyna Prokopovych, curator of the college’s Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center, as they visit the school Wednesday. They have family in Ukraine, and Marta has been living there, returning home just recently.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer