IN PHOTOS: Montrealers welcome newly arrived Ukrainian evacuees at airport

Janet Krayden welcomes Ukrainian evacuees landing in Montreal with flowers, chocolates and balloons on May 29, 2022. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

By brittanyhenriques

Posted May 29, 2022 12:31 pm.

Last Updated May 29, 2022 4:38 pm.

Montrealers Nicolette and Tom Kovesi are impatiently waiting for Tania, a Ukrainian evacuee landing in Montreal on May 29, 2022. The Kovesi family will be hosting three Ukrainian evacuees in their home. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

Ukrainian refugee Olena Malyutyak is waiting to welcome a family of Ukrainian evacuees landing in Montreal on Sunday. Malyutyak has been in Canada for only 10 days. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

Line of Montrealers, including on waving a Ukrainian flag, waiting for evacuees to arrive on May 29, 2022. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

Vlada Polishchuk came to welcome the Ukrainian evacuees on May 29, 2022 with a traditional Ukrainian bread called Korovay. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques

Valeriya Berezhnova and her son arrived in Montreal on May 29, 2022 from Ukraine. (Credit: CityNews/Brittany Henriques)

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