ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of children from Ukraine spent the past week on a tour around the U.S., getting a break from the ongoing war at home.

“Starting from Boston, coming to Florida, we saw America, and it’s amazing,” said Oksana Yefmenko, a mother from Ukraine.

The children got an all-American tour, featuring the Blue Angels, a trip to D.C., a day at Disney World and even a haunt through the suburbs for good old-fashioned trick-or-treating.

“One kid was walking with me, and he said, 'can you pinch me? It feels like I’m in a dream. I want to make sure that I’m here for real,' he said,” said Ukrainian activist Tetiana Chupryna.

It’s a reality much different from theirs, where they say sirens send them underground, and places like school are too dangerous to hang out and m

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