Name: Hundreds gather in support of Ukraine on one-year anniversary of Russian invasion.
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Description: One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a vigil was set Friday night at the State Capitol building in downtown Raleigh.

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THEY TELL US THAT BAN HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED. GERALD ERIC MILLER LIVE AT RDU. THANK YOU, ERIC. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN RALEIGH TONIGHT TO MARK THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE. WRAL'S LESLIE MORENO WAS THERE AS PEOPLE HERE SOME 5,000 MILES AWAY FROM UKRAINE. >> PRAYED FOR AND SHOWED SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF THAT WAR TORN COUNTRY. >> IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT ABOUT 300 PEOPLE FILLED THE STATE CAPITOL. THEY LEFT BEHIND MESSAGES, FLOWERS AND CANDLES, A SYMBOL OF THEIR STRENGTH. AND DURING SUCH A DIFFICULT YEAR. >> EACH OF THESE CANDLE SYMBOLIZES SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DAYS AND LOCATIONS THAT WERE HIT THE HARDEST. IT'S BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, A WAR THAT HAS LEFT THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE DEAD AND HOMELESS TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAGIC DAY. HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE STATE YOU KNOW, THE EXACT SAME PLACE. THEY STOOD JUST ONE YEAR AGO. SOME HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE THE WAR. OTHERS STILL HAVE FAMILY BACK HOME. OLGA SAYS HER UNCLE'S HOME WAS UNDER ATTACK AND HE HAD TO HIDE IN HIS BASEMENT, TOO. SO IT'S HARD TO SCORE CITIES. I'M TALKING TO YOU I WANT TO CHRIST WHO I WANT TO CRY AND AND TRYING TO HOLD ON. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHAT YOU CAN DO UNLESS TRYING TO HELP WITH THIS WEEKEND. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. I FEEL THAT I'M DOING A LOT OF YOU LIVED IN WAR TERRITORY FOR 69 DAYS. SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE WITH HER 9 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. HER MOTHER IS STILL BACK HOME AND HAS SURVIVED SEVERAL RUSSIAN SEARCHES THE DAY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TOOK AWAY ALL FAMILY FOR THE ALBUM'S. THEY CONVEY RIGHT. ALL MEMBERS, SEVERAL OTHERS ALSO SHARED SIMILAR STORIES, WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE. I HOPE, OF COURSE, WILL BE TO BE FIRST OF ALL I NEVER EXPECTED HIM THAT IT WILL THIS SUCH A LONG QUIET IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO HELP, WILL HAVE SEVERAL RESOURCES WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS ON WRAL DOT COM

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