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In Ukraine, broken lives in a broken house, just one of many

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POTASHNYA, Ukraine -- In 100 days of war in Ukraine , countless lives have been forever shattered, ripped apart, upended. For tens of thousands, life has been brutally ended. Those who have survived sometimes barely know how to begin picking up the pieces. When a house symbolizing a lifetime of labor and memories is destroyed, how does one rebuild? Nila Zelinska and her husband, Eduard, returned for the first time this week to what used to be their home in a village outside Kyiv. It was in ruins, reduced to charred walls with no roof by shelling in the days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. “Rex! Rex!” she yelled, calling for the black Labrador they’d been forced to leave behind. Only later did the faithful hound finally reappear, tail wagging under its owner's loving caresses. But Rex aside, nothing was as it had been. Recent Stories from ABC NewsTop Articles READ MORE Today in History: June 3, Barack Obamaclaims nomination Instead of a home, their broken house is now a...
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Afghans evacuated to Albania protest for faster move to US

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TIRANA, Albania -- A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year held a protest Wednesday in Albania over the failure to expedite their move to the United States. A small group of families in Shengjin, a town located 70 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of Albania’s capital, Tirana, called on the U.S. to speed up the process of their transfer. Some women and children held posters reading, “We are forgotten.” Some 2,400 Afghans were evacuated to Albania in August and September 2021 and given temporary shelter in Shengjin and another resort town, Durres. Non-governmental organizations from United States and other countries provided financial support for accommodating them. The Albanian government said at the time that it would house thousands of Afghans for at least a year before they moved to the United States for final settlement. More recently, the government pledged to keep them for longer than a year if their U.S. visas were delayed. The Fore...
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