Tecumseh Resident Recalls Time Spent In Ukraine

  • Shane VanMeter (pictured) and his family were in Ukraine during Euromaidan in 2014, which he said “began with widespread protests and boiled over into clashes with police with numerous people killed, and eventually culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych.” Photo Provided.
    Shane VanMeter (pictured) and his family were in Ukraine during Euromaidan in 2014, which he said “began with widespread protests and boiled over into clashes with police with numerous people killed, and eventually culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych.” Photo Provided.
  • Shane VanMeter spent eight years as a missionary in Ukraine as well as several more years serving in other Eastern European Countries. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson
    Shane VanMeter spent eight years as a missionary in Ukraine as well as several more years serving in other Eastern European Countries. Countywide & Sun/Kendra Johnson
“One particular night, I remember staying up all night monitoring the news as it looked like the border would be breached,” Shane VanMeter said. Born and raised in Tecumseh, Shane VanMeter lived in Kyiv, Ukraine, with his family, from approximately 2010-2018, where he experienced the impact of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014. “We ended (up) not “We ended (up) not having to leave that night,…

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