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Young students, residents and local officials alike gathered outside the Hall of Justice in Redwood City Sunday night in solidarity with Ukraine.
The “Pray for Ukraine and Stop the War” vigil was hosted by County Supervisor David Canepa, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Consul General in San Francisco Dmytro Kushneryk.
“Putin is becoming more dangerous by the day and his illegal war on Ukraine must be stopped,” Canepa said in a statement before the event. “This is a madman who is killing innocent women and children and displacing a million people as they become refugees from their own homeland. This war threatens the security of the entire world.”
To the “10,000 or more Ukrainian Americans who live in the Bay Area,” Canepa said he would pray “for their families and homeland and for Russia's unprovoked and illegal war to end."
The vigil was held in partnership with the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in San Francisco and the Ukrainian School of San Francisco. Faith leaders from churches throughout the county offered prayers, and attendees were given sunflowers—the Ukrainian national flower—and candles.
Kushneruk said on Twitter Friday: “It is crucial to further strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities, apply more pressure on Russia, and use all available diplomatic tools.”
“Today, we are all Ukrainians,” Canepa wrote on Twitter after the event. “We will stand together until this war ends… Until peace is restored in Ukraine.”
Bay City News contributed to this report.
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