What Super Tuesday means for Ukraine
Nicole FallertVera Mourad was living in Ukraine in 1986 when she had to cancel her 5-year-old son’s birthday party.
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster had just occurred. Mourad’s family stayed with her parents in northern Russia for the summer but returned to Ukraine after three months. It took them four years before they were able to secure visas to travel and ultimately move to the U.S.
Today Mourad, 69, watches the news to keep up with Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its third year. She says it is unsafe to communicate with her younger brother in Russia, but that they disagree on the conflict anyway. He supports Russia. She supports Ukraine. Mourad, now a registered Democrat in Massachusetts, is pleased with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel, Ukraine and democracy. As she did in 2020, Mourad plans to vote for him in 2024.
Mourad's support Biden comes as Americans are divided over U.S. aid for foreign conflicts. And feelings about what the U.S. should or should not do abroad are top of mind as 15 states and one U.S. territory cast votes in presidential primaries on Super Tuesday.