Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary and Max Slobodianiuk, 17, from Dnipro, have...READ ON
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary and Max Slobodianiuk, 17, from Dnipro, have lunch in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
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Ukrainian refugees sit in a home of a resident in the village of Guissona,...READ ON
Ukrainian refugees sit in a home of a resident in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
A Ukrainian flag is displayed on the Town Hall of the village of Guissona in...READ ON
A Ukrainian flag is displayed on the Town Hall of the village of Guissona in Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Tetiana Horobii, 35, from Brovary, walks through the village of Guissona,...READ ON
Tetiana Horobii, 35, from Brovary, walks through the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, plays in the city council of the village of...READ ON
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, plays in the city council of the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
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A volunteer works organising donations to be sent to Ukraine in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, March 17, 2022.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, Max Slobodianiuk, 17, and Alina Slobodianiuk,...READ ON
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, Max Slobodianiuk, 17, and Alina Slobodianiuk, 41, from Dnipro have lunch in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
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Carme, a resident from Catalonia, teaches Catalan language to Tetiana Horobii...READ ON
Carme, a resident from Catalonia, teaches Catalan language to Tetiana Horobii and her son Maxym Batrak in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, looks at a phone in a house in the village of...READ ON
Maxym Batrak, 5, from Brovary, looks at a phone in a house in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Alina Slobodianiuk, 41, from Dnipro, speaks by phone in a supermarket in the...READ ON
Alina Slobodianiuk, 41, from Dnipro, speaks by phone in a supermarket in the village of Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
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As Ukrainian refugees fleeing bombs and bullets at home fan out across Western Europe, few places they arrive feel as welcoming as a Spanish town known for years as “Little Ukraine.”
Even before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine last month, one in seven residents of Guissona was originally from there. Guissona’s population more than doubled to around 7,500 residents, and drew in a lot of immigrant labor, including the Ukrainians, after a regional supermarket chain opened a distribution center nearby two decades ago.
As Ukrainian refugees fleeing bombs and bullets at home fan out across Western Europe, few places they arrive feel as welcoming as a Spanish town known for years as “Little Ukraine.”
Even before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine last month, one in seven residents of Guissona was originally from there. Guissona’s population more than doubled to around 7,500 residents, and drew in a lot of immigrant labor, including the Ukrainians, after a regional supermarket chain opened a distribution center nearby two decades ago.
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As Ukrainian refugees fleeing bombs and bullets at home fan out across Western Europe, few places they arrive feel as welcoming as a Spanish town known for years as “Little Ukraine.” Even before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine last month, one...