A pregnant Texas woman, days away from giving birth, is fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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As Texas watches the shelling of Ukraine at the hands of Russia more than 6,000 miles away, a woman from the Alamo City and her husband are fleeing their home amid the invasion in time to safely deliver their baby girl.

Arlie Francis, a San Antonio man who says 34-year-old Andrii is"like a son" to him, spoke to MySA on behalf of the couple and their families. He said the pair met about two years ago while Andrii was in San Antonio for a conference. The couple clicked and embarked on a long-distance relationship for a year before getting married in January 2021. Ellissa moved permanently to Ukraine the following month. Andrii built a small home for them about 20 minutes outside of Kyiv's center.

Ellissa and Andrii Petrenko are fleeing their home near Kyiv. Ellissa Petrenko, 29, is from San Antonio and is days away from giving birth to the couple's first child."This is how fast things can change, we spoke with them for about 30 minutes yesterday and they did not believe at that point that Russia was going to invade," Francis says.

 

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Just so everyone is aware, this family is far right, unapologetic descendants of Nazis. They openly fight for a border wall with Mexico while their daughter is a refugee. There are plenty of sympathetic stories about Ukraine - this is not it.

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