At the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, children lifted their voices in traditional songs for a room where nearly everyone held Ukrainian flags and candles in tribute to those defending their country's freedom.

Since 2022, the Ukrainian Heritage School in Montgomery County has seen their student body double as hundreds of families have been displaced by the war.

Dozens of Pennsylvania Ukrainians and their supporters gathered at the Capitol on Monday to recognize the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of their country while voicing concerns about President Donald Trump’s recent overtures toward Russia on the matter.