Minneapolis Woman's Bond With Ukrainian Student Leads Her To Sponsor His Family

By David Schuman, CBS Minnesota

September 28, 2022

A Ukrainian refugee family is on their way to Minneapolis thanks to a woman here who's formed a special bond with the family's son.

Mykola Sapronov has been temporarily living with Margie Commerford since he graduated from the University of Minnesota this spring. He says he felt like he was living two lives in his last semester: one as a student, the other as someone constantly following developments in the war in his home country of Ukraine.

"It's very difficult because I felt like I had no control," Sapronov said. "You're feeling really powerless, and you can't really do much."

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