Twin Cities family that fled Ukraine self-deporting: "We are becoming illegal here"
- By WCCO Staff, Tom Aviles Updated on: August 31, 2026 / 7:46 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota Add CBS News on Google A family living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who fled Ukraine amid the war with Russia, is self-deporting on Monday.
- Serhai and Yelyzaveta Ponomarenko, and their 4-year-old daughter Zlata, were among the more than 200,000 Ukrainians who came to the U.
- through the United For Ukraine humanitarian program.
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- By WCCO Staff, Tom Aviles Updated on: August 31, 2026 / 7:46 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota Add CBS News on Google A family living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who fled Ukraine amid the war with Russia, is self-deporting on Monday.
- Serhai and Yelyzaveta Ponomarenko, and their 4-year-old daughter Zlata, were among the more than 200,000 Ukrainians who came to the U.
- through the United For Ukraine humanitarian program.
Sources: CBS News