Exhausted from bad news
University of Missouri student Alissa Skorik was born in Canada, but her family is from Kharkiv, Ukraine, 20 miles from the Russian border.
People like her, living away from the war with Russia that has now entered its third year, don't know what news they may receive on their phones when they wake up, she said.
"I struggle to speak on this on account of the fact that I am exhausted from the bad news," Skorik said. "And you know, when you're overloaded with it, it's hard to keep up. But what I will say is that in December, we experienced in Kharkiv the worst attack I think ever at this point."
In December, Russia launched at least 60 missiles across Ukraine, causing major explosions in at least four cities. The Kyiv city administration said at the time Ukraine's capital had withstood "one of the biggest rocket attacks" launched by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine.
Skorik and other Missouri students with Ukraine ties say the onslaught of bad news from Ukraine worries them, and expressed frustration at Congress' hesitancy to pass further aid for the country.