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Independence Day, like the six-month mark in the war, falls on Wednesday. The national holiday celebrates Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

On this episode of Stateside, we recapped all we have learned about the GOP candidates running for governor. Then, an installation in downtown Ann Arbor commemorates the children lost during the ongoing war in Ukraine. Also, we continued the IPR miniseries on oil spills.

Since the war in Ukraine began, more than 850,000 Ukrainians have fled into Romania. Mihaela Mitrofan works for Samaritas, a refugee aid organization in Michigan, but she is now in Romania to help with resettlement efforts there and to deliver supplies into Ukraine.

A check on Michigan's COVID numbers as hospitalizations slowly trend upward again, the excitement of spotting the first otter in the Detroit River in nearly a century, the growing problem of homelessness among senior citizens and how and why a Michigan combat veteran traveled to Ukraine to give military training.

Army veteran and Republican Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer talks about Zelenskyy’s address to Congress and how he views the United States’ role in the conflict overseas.

U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer speaks on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Michigan's no-fault auto law is here to stay. A Michigan homeschool student struggles with literacy. An opera adaptation of "Parable of the Sower" comes to the University of Michigan Musical Society.

Irina Bondarenko, a Ukrainian American in Ann Arbor, talked to us about staying in contact with loved ones stuck in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

The state of Michigan will divest its pension fund investments in Russian and Belarusian assets. That includes index funds that invest in an array of stocks and bonds. Governor Gretchen Whitmer requested the action last week.

Today on Stateside, hear more on Michigan's no-fault auto insurance refund and learn about a newly discovered Great Lakes shipwreck. Then, we take a look at Michigan labor unions and hear a Ukrainian-American perspective on the ongoing conflict.