Shawn Parasram, his wife Yuliya and daughter Emilia
His wife and daughter, along with other relatives, will retreat to a bunker located under their apartment in Odessa for safety.
Speaking to his daughter, Parasram told her that “there will be shooting but just don’t worry about it”.
His young daughter communicated to him that if she sends him a smiley face with a heart “everything is good”, however, if she sends a sad face “everything is not good”.
Based on the situation in Ukraine, a friend of Parasram who is in the Ukrainian Armed Forces advised him that his family should evacuate the city. His family hopes to leave the city to a safe area near the border with Moldova.
“It’s my wife and daughter lives at stake at this moment, and not just their lives it’s the entire Ukraine, I’m just hoping for the best and I wish I could’ve been there to assist and maneuver and make decisions in terms of their life,” Parasram said.
