NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Troops in the United States are on high alert over escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
Local leaders in Philadelphia’s Ukrainian community are worried."Somebody’s getting ready for a big battle. And, what would anybody feel like?
Before a major war? To that locality – WWII. It’s fear and anxiety! It’s what do I do?" explained Eugene Luciw, with the Philadelphia chapter of the Ukrainian-American Congress.Philadelphia’s Ukrainian-American community is tense as 100,000 Russian soldiers are on the Ukrainian border with Belarus.
Luciw says it’s the next step in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reunite the Soviet Union.MORE HEADLINES:"He needs to get through Ukraine and if he gets Ukraine, he becomes an empire.