CNN  —  Sasha had only heard a little about South Carolina, and even less about the town of Hartsville, when he and his family moved there in September 2022. They were forced to suddenly leave behind their life in Kyiv because of the war with Russia . They are not the only Ukrainians in the “small, rural community” where they have been welcomed and begun to rebuild their lives. “For me, the United States, it was like a fortress of democracy, of freedom, of opportunities, and I thought, finally,