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Ukrainian immigrant Lyubov Farmahey has had to turn off the TV news this week.

If she watches too long, she said Friday, the Bellingham mother of five struggles to sleep. When she does finally fall asleep, she has nightmares about her homeland under siege from neighboring Russia.

Farmahey, 31, is one of many Whatcom County residents with relatives living in Ukraine, which is facing perhaps the biggest aggression in Europe since the end of World War II.  

“It’s very scary for me for them to live there,” said Farmahey, who has been in Bellingham for 16 years. 

Tensions were high for Ukrainian Americans in Whatcom County who said Friday all they can do is pray and watch from a distance.