A moment of silence will be held outside of Prince George City Hall tonight (Thursday, February 23) at 6:00 which will mark one year to the hour since Russia dropped its first bombs on Ukraine.
The ceremony was planned by Ukrainian refugees who have found themselves in Prince George since the invasion began, and they are inviting the whole community to stand in solidarity.
According to Dick Mynen, a PG for Ukraine and Share Hope Volunteer, there are currently 163 Ukrainians who have settled in town since the invasion started with dozens more potentially on their way.
“This is important,” event organizer Mykhailo Pluzhnikov told My PG Now.
“These are very, very, very dark hours for all Ukrainian people. Nobody believed that, in the 21st century, such military action was possible.”
Similar ceremonies and moments of silence will be happening simultaneously across the globe, at 4:00 am in Kyiv.
“For us, for all Ukrainians around the world, it is important,” Pluzhnikov said.
“We have 8-million refugees. There is no numbers about victims for this war, but we feel the count goes into the thousands and thousands of victims.”
Following the moment of silence the Ukrainian national anthem will be sung and speeches will be given by Ukrainians and local political figures.
Pluzhnikov and his family were living in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, when the invasion started.
You can read about their story here.
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