Vice President JD Vance was dismissing Ukraine long before he upended an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. When Vance was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio

Reaction from the Ukrainian Community in Northeast Ohio as tensions spill over in the Oval Office between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a proclamation marking the third anniversary of Russia’s “unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” calling Russia’s actions “unacceptable” and showing Ohio’s support for Ukraine.

Vice President JD Vance was dismissing Ukraine long before he upended an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. When Vance was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio in 2022, he said on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast,

Even with an election just past, there is not much time before we must turn our attention to the May 2025 election in Ohio. Eligible voters must not sit this one out, believing the heavy lifting is done for a while.

In the wake of the heated exchange, a rally will take place Saturday at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma.

Current and past Ohio leaders reacted to the exchange between President Trump and VP Vance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

About 175 people gathered in front of the Ohio Statehouse on Saturday to commemorate the third anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war.

Monday marked three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began and central Ohioans with ties to Ukraine continue to support the country. “Every single life matters,” Gift of Grace Aid founder Viktor Moskalyuk said.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump has shifted the White House posture on the Ukraine war. He falsely said Ukraine started the war. He called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator, but he wouldn’t say the same when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing in the case against Bryan Kohberger – the man accused of stabbing four students to death in an off-campus home.