A look back: One year of the war in Ukraine and Metro Detroit's response

Khrystyna Zabeiaka, 26, of Macomb holds a ÔStop War, Stop PutinÕ sign as she marches during a ÔStand With UkraineÕ rally in downtown Detroit on Sunday, February 27, 2022. She was born in Ukraine and still has family there. *** The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

Four-year-old old Sofia Karnatovskyi of Sterling Heights, is carried by her uncle Dmytro Kiptyk 34, of Livonia during the 5k run/walk race at Belle Isle during the 5K Walk/Run to Rebuild a School in Ukraine event to raise $25,000 for Ukrainians to rebuild a school in Ukraine. October 16, 2022, Detroit, MI.

Ukrainian Nicholas Deychakiwsky plays "Song of the Partisans" on the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian folk instrument, at his home on March 28, 2022.

Boyd Byelich, 59, of Rogers City and One Box for Ukraine, carries boxes of clothing items to Amerpol, Inc. travel agency to be shipped to Ukraine for those who have displaced because of the war. January 21, 2023, Troy, MI. Boyd Byelich, 59, of Rogers City, felt the urge to help Ukrainian refugees. He went to Poland last year to volunteer at refugee camps and started the One Box for Ukraine initiative after returning to Michigan. January 21, 2023,Troy, MI. (Clarence Tabb Jr./The Detroit News)

Volunteers pack individual-first-aid-kits, Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2022. XXXX Oleksadr ÔSashaÕ Tkachenko, originally of Ukraine, and other members of a local group of Ukrainian patriotic volunteers assemble individual-first-aid-kits (IFAK) and field-medicsÕ kits at a warehouse on the Detroit - Hamtramck border, Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2022. The kits are then be flown internationally to be distributed to front-line Ukrainian soldiers. The volunteers were trained and instructed by former US military combat medics on proper assembly instructions and contents. (Todd McInturf, The Detroit News)2022.

Executive director Olga Liskiwskyi talks about the installation Treasures of our Homeland at the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum in Hamtramck, Mich. on Mar. 29, 2022. (Robin Buckson / The Detroit News)

Some of the Ukrainian clothing that is a part of the Treasures of our Homeland installation at the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum in Hamtramck, Mich. on Mar. 29, 2022.

Oleksandr “Sasha” Tkachenko, right, of Farmington Hills, and other men unpack another box van full of supplies, Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2022. XXXX Volunteers from the Ukrainian American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan pack donated medical and humanitarian supplies at a Hamtramck warehouse, Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2022. The items will then be shipped to counterpart committees in Ukraine for distribution to hospitals and other agencies to support the Ukrainian people defending themselves from Russian invaders. (Todd McInturf, The Detroit News)2022.

Oakland University professor and Ukrinian national Taras Oleksyk, left, smiles with Oakland University student Khrystyna Shchubelka, her husband Arun Mohan and their six- month old son Nikolas Arun Mohan after helping them flee from Ukraine over the weekend. They are all now safe and back in Rochester, Michigan.

Oakland University student Khrystyna Shchubelka and husband Arun Mohan wrap up their six- month old son Nikolas Arun Mohan with a Ukrainian flag, after fleeing from Ukraine over the weekend in Rochester, Michigan on March 1, 2022. (Image by Daniel Mears/ The Detroit News)

Members and supporters of the Ukrainian American community gather for an emergency rally, a day after a Russian invasion of Ukraine, at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren, Michigan on February 24, 2022.

Members and supporters of the Ukrainian American community gather for an emergency rally, a day after a Russian invasion of Ukraine, at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren, Michigan on February 24, 2022.

Flags made in support of Ukraine by the students of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools sit on display in the schoolÕs lobby, in Warren, February 24, 2022.

Metro Detroiter Jim Johnson, back home on May 4, 2022, after going to Ukraine on his own to help shuttle people in need over the border, shows a photo he shot, and shared on social media, of the first group of refugees he shuttled, in van he rented, over the Ukraine border to safety in Poland. ÒUkraine Day #1 (cont.) My new friends, three families with kids including a sweet old grandma, nine in all from ages 5 to, well, I didnÕt ask grandma or grandpa. I only expexted to go to the border but ended up at a town 93 miles inside of Ukraine 1/2 way to Lviv. Now weÕre off to Chelm and then Lublin. The border took an hour going in by myself and two+ on the way outÉwith some pretty mean looking dudeÕs sporting real AK-47Õs and quizzing us in Russian. Looks like I might just survive day #1. More to come, driving in was surreal to say the absolute least.Ó Metro Detroiter Jim Johnson, after going to Ukraine on his own to help shuttle people in need over the border, holds a computer with a picture of the first group of refugees he shuttled to safety, in Rochester, Michigan on May 4, 2022. (Photo by Jim Johnson)

Ihor Fedoryshyn, who was born in Ukraine but now lives in Warren, waves a Ukrainian flag in front of the Joe Louis fist statue along Jefferson Avenue in downtown Detroit during a Stand With Ukraine flashmob and rally in Detroit on Sunday, February 27, 2022. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

Sofiia Koval of Warren, who was born in Ukraine, wipes tears from her eyes near the end of a rally in support of the war-torn country on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in Warren.

Eleven-year-old Liliana Lutski and the rest of her fifth grade class participate in a daily prayer at the end of the school day at Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools, in Warren, February 24, 2022. Half of the schoolÕs students were born in Ukraine and over two-thirds have Ukrainian parents.

ÔStand With UkraineÕ marchers carry signs in downtown Detroit during a rally in support of the Ukrainian people after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade the neighboring country. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

ÔStand With UkraineÕ marchers carry signs in downtown Detroit during a rally in support of the Ukrainian people after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade the neighboring country. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

Ukraine supporters carry flags and signs as they march past the Spirit of Detroit statue in front the Coleman Young Municipal Center in downtown Detroit during a ÔStand With UkraineÕ flashmob and rally in downtown Detroit on Sunday, February 27, 2022. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

ÔStand With UkraineÕ marchers carry signs in downtown Detroit during a rally in support of the Ukrainian people after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade the neighboring country. *** February 27, 2022. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

Nick Deychakiwsky of Brighton holds an anti-Putin sign made by Oksana Pronych, left, also of Brighton, during a ÔStand With UkraineÕ flashmob and rally in Detroit on Sunday, February 27, 2022. The event was organized by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan.

An Ukranian and American flag fly together as members and supporters of the Ukrainian American community gather for an emergency rally, a day after a Russian invasion of Ukraine, at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren, Michigan on February 24, 2022.

Congressman Andy Levin speaks to members and supporters of the Ukrainian American community as they gather for an emergency rally, a day after a Russian invasion of Ukraine, at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren, Michigan on February 24, 2022.