CONWAY — Last Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a milestone that was intensely personal to Settlers Green COACH store sales associate Kateryna Prasula, 33, and her boss, store manager Natalya Robinson.
“It’s hard to believe that in the 21st century, one nation just invading another and trying to take it over,” said the soft-spoken Kateryna.
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