On Sunday, Tkachenko led a group of hundreds of marchers through the heart of downtown Detroit — a day before the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Tkachenko and several other organizers spoke before the crowd.

The rally comes after Russia and the U.S. agreed to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties.

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More than 100 Ukrainian Americans attended a rally Tuesday night at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren to support Ukraine.