Petro Rondiak found himself among the thousands in Ukraine fleeing to nearby countries where they might find safety from the invasion of Russia.
The man from Westchester managed a 19-hour journey to escape the country and cross the border into Romania once the violence began.
“I was I was internally devastated, that this free and democratic country could be punished like this by an autocratic regime,” he said over a video call.
Rondiak manages an automotive company with 800 employees in Ukraine. When he got the warning call from his wife here in New York, he jumped into an SUV and started driving west toward the border.
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