Two years of brutal war. Two years of suffering, death, blood, ruins, hundreds of thousands of victims, millions of refugees. This is what the racist evil, the cursed “Russian world” brought to the Ukrainian land. The people of Ukraine rallied, gave a worthy rebuff to the invaders and continue the exhausting fight for freedom and independence. The Ukrainian Armed Forces showed their strength and indomitability. The second anniversary of the war was marked by the Ukrainian diaspora of San Francisco by holding several events, which I want to tell the readers of the newspaper about. On February 24, a car rally was held in the city, in which a representative of the non-profit organization Hromada Yarema Kuzyshyn took an active part. According to his story, the car rally started at 12:00 from City Hall and went through the streets of the city with flags, slogans, loudspeakers, drawing the attention of residents to this date. It ended with a rally near the Ferry Building. California Senator Scott Wiener and 7 representatives of local Ukrainian non-profit organizations took part in the speeches at the rally. The main theses that were voiced in the speeches: continued active military, financial and humanitarian support for Ukraine; a clear demand for Congress to vote for the allocation of financial assistance to Ukraine; further strengthening of sanctions against Russia. On February 25, at 3 pm, a meeting of representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora with a community of residents of the region called "We" was held at the Tiboron Presbyterian Church. The following participated in this platform: Dmytro Kushneruk - Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, Natalia Goshylyk - lecturer in Slavic languages ​​at the University of Berkeley, Rostyslav Salva - student at Marin College. The moderator of the meeting was Natalia Anon, co-founder of the Community and the Angelik Foundation. You will read more about this platform in this issue of the newspaper. On February 26 at 5 pm, the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco hosted a screening of the feature film “Bucha,” written and produced by Oleksandr Shchur. Before the screening, Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk made an introductory speech. Then, the film itself was screened, featuring Ukrainian actors and an actor from Poland. The film shows the first months of the war, battles in Kyiv and the surrounding area, Bucha, tells the story of how an emigrant from Kazakhstan, Konstantin, took 200 people out of occupied Bucha and the surrounding villages in his car. The film is interesting and emotional. After watching the film, Oleksandr Shchur answered questions from the audience. Read more about the film and its screening in our next issue.