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I think

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women are always creators

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involved in each war.

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Ukrainian women do anything

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to cease this war,

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to prevent from sufferings.

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It's like we have a very,

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very cool word in Ukraine laguage

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Berehynia

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woman who becomes a safeguard

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for the whole population.

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The Elle magazine and especially
the web pages of Elle magazine

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didn't stop his activity.

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Even despite the Russian invasion
against Ukraine.

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Since the first days of the invasion,

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we changed dramatically the angle
of the story of the editorial policy.

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We did a lot of interviews with people

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who were witnessing the new reality.

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We are covering all aspects
of the life of Ukrainians

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and Ukrainian women, of course.

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Now we're going to attend to volunteer hub,

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of Tata Kepler

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who is being volunteer since 2014.

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I'm going to join here
at volunteer hub

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which is the located into a former art gallery.

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The only difference between
the war version

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and the civilian one,
is just the color.

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We are working with the tactical
medical supplices.

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So what the government it’s giving

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it's not enough, because
we have really big army

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and we have a
sometimes dynamic frontline, so...

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Of course we're helping.

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And I think that it's normal.

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Because when there is a war in your country

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you have to do your best.

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Or you are with the army,

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or you are for the army.

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There is no third choice.

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Everything now

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It's so huge contrast, everything.

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All the life, every day, every moment.

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Because for example, me, I don't have time

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for civilian life.

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And when I'm going to the street

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and I see the people smiling

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and they're like trying
to live their life.

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And in the next seconds,
I received a sms,

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a message about

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my friend,
who died on the front line.

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And the most difficult thing

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it's to explain to your psyche

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how to react for this contrast.

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It's really hard.

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This it’s the statistics of 48 military drones Shahed (Iranian suicide drones).

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and five cruise missiles

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were destroyed

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during last night by
air Ukraine defense system.

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And actually,
this is the reality Ukraine still facing

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every single night and every single day.

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This is the, I mean,
the itinerary of the missiles

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up until last night air strike.

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They never come straight

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from one point, from point A to point B,

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they making circles.

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And in this way, it complicates
the work of the air defense system.

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So and this is like the strategy
that Russia chose to target the...

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I mean, not only military goals
but also civilian one

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but the sports complex, the energy supply,
and right now

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Ukraine faces a very hot period,
a period of blackouts.

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So they're trying to destroy the,
the normal civilian life in Ukraine.

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This is their goal.

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This is one of the...

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This is Russian way of war.

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It looks like these.

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me personally, I felt all the,

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scary scenes
at the very beginning of the war

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To leave
in the war to understand that you kids,

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instead of, traveling,
discovering the world,

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having fun with playing with their kids,
they know the difference between missiles.

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They know how ballistic missiles sound,

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how old the names of the weapons
of the tanks,

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and what Americans give us.

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My daughter, she's eight years old,

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she knows the difference

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how different missile sounds.

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It's completely useless knowledge.

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But it is our reality.

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Enemy came to us two years ago to kill us

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and we defend our motherland,

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we defend our Earth, our children,...

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We women, defend as we can.

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My weapon is my word.

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The inspiration it’s from...

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The first inspiration, of course,
it was from Kazimir Malevich.

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Who born in Kyiv.

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I even do not know... is it a dress
or is it a picture?

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Or is it something else?

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When it is on canvas,

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it's like an installation or a picture.

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The same pattern for the lamp.

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And...

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for the dress.

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I think that fashion is the part
of Ukrainian culture.

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It's with the motives of Aleksandra Ekster.

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Yeah, Yeah, of course you can.

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Fashion activities

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in wartime is a part of our resilience,

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and we believe

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that Elle is a very good channel

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of communication to the world.

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Our work became more political
from the beginning of the war.

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We can't be out of politic.

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We can't be just artists.

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We have to make something to help.

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From the beginning of the war,

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I started a new collection,

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which name is national minimalism.

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And... these are things

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that try to help to

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identify the Ukrainians as political nations.

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We feel what to do, from this point,

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it's even easier than before the war.

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When the war broke out.

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I was actually in Mexico.

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I came there for vacation.

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I came there totally not believing that

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anything will happen.

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Of course, realizing that my family is in Ukraine

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was the first reason that made
me come back here.

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And I still remember the feeling of joy

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when you're crossing the border and
you see that you're already in Ukraine.

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But then the closer you are to Kyiv,
you see the bombed buildings,

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the totally destroyed parking lots
near big supermarkets

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that have been attacked by missiles.

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I never actually wanted to live
anywhere outside of Ukraine.

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I'm totally okay
with the way of life here.

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And Ukraine in general
is the best place to live for me.

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You see, they're collecting
electronic cigaret parts

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to make the power banks
for the warriors.

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And there is also money raising
for military evacuator...

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There, with a QR code.

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So it's like everywhere,
even the most public,

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even the most easygoing place
still has war...

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and military needs in mind.

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Now we will be going to the demonstration

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of an acknowledgment of the
“free azovstal defenders”.

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Who have been in Russian captivity

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already for two years.

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And it hurts so much to think that
there are still so many people held there.

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And this demonstration
is like an act of support

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to those people, to their families
that we did not forget.

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This is like our act
of thankfulness to them.

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Glory to the heroes!

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Death to the enemies!

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Ukraine,
above all!

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Russian propaganda
has made a huge success

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in showing Azovstal defenders
and the Azov battalion

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in particular as a Nazi regiment

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like, very cruel.

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Here, we have a few interviews
with the wives of those

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who were protecting Mariupol,
of commanders of regular servicemen.

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And there are so many quotations

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that break your heart.

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And in this article

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we were trying to show also their
normal life before their captivity,

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like when they met their wives, how they

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how they propose to them about their kids.

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So, showing not only their war live,
but also their regular life.

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Let's say like this.

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The captivity in Olenivka,

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it's like a concentration camp
in the middle of Europe.

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And you can really see that people

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who are being released
from the captivity, they come back

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very... losing a lot of weight.

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Oh, my God.

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It's again...

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Of course, from the
beginning of the big war.

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I asked myself if my job will be necessary
for society, for Ukrainians.

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And honestly, I didn't know.

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It's an interesting fact that

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the first Elle magazine,

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was published in France
after the Second World War

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and of course, the first articles

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were being about the postwar reality.

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We have to continue to work
and to write

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until we could do it.

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The first idea was to create
an all black collection

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because of the feelings and the emotions.

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But after I realized that
I need to show more colors

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and show a more optimistic way
for the people

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and make people more happy.

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So that's why we...
we can see a lot of colors here,

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a lot of polish blue or yellow.

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So, my idea is to bring more
happiness to people.

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Because when Russia came to Ukraine
they are trying to kill

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the whole spirit of Ukraine
and they they tried to steal

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the cultural things in Ukraine.

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So the first thing for me is to show more

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the Ukrainian craftmanship,

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because in Ukraine we say that
straw is Ukrainian gold.

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That's why I really love to work

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with the straw, straw hats

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and actually this hats...

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this burned hats

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its showing to people

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that Russian trying to stolen them
and burn them.

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It’s a so emotional moment
for me as a designer.

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So it's having, like, such a big
impact for creativity.

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But in the second hand
we want to show more...

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And I want to say

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more to the world,

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how the Ukrainian craft
and creativity is cool.

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I want to live in peace

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as quick as it's possible,

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and I want to have a happy family.

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children, which will never know

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what is war.

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And how to live under
bombs, rockets

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and everyday stress

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I remember this winter

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when there were already
explosions happening

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and you've been seeing the missiles
flying over the roofs

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of the buildings in front of your window

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and it's like six in the morning
and you realize

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you cannot go to the shelter
because it's already too late.

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You might get hurt
just because you get out on the streets.

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So it's better to stay at home
and you just keep on sleeping.

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I guess it's some kind of fatalism

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and also realizing that you cannot hide
and run away

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from the war forever.

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When I was a child,

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I used to live in Armenia
and my parents

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took me from there and brought me to Kyiv
because a war with Azerbaijan was starting there

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and there were really hard years.

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So I was already once
some kind of a refugee.

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I didn't realize it at the moment,

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but now I see is happening again.

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And what’s the point of
constant running away.

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I came for like a regular examination,
which now has to be every two weeks

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because I'm already like
in the last trimester of my pregnancy.

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And we are doing the ultrasound today
to see if everything is going well.

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Hopefully... it was going well before.

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This is a place where women give birth

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in case of an air raid siren.

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And it was also happening during,

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not only the sirens,
but during the attacks as well.

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But so, this is where
everything is happening.

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I guess...

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I'm afraid to live under
Russian occupation.

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I'm afraid to be raped
by Russian soldiers.

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I'm afraid to lose
my boyfriend on the front.

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I cry every day

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and honestly, I think about death so often.

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And I found gray hair on my head.

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And I think that I became older.

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This is our social project

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.760
that we showed on the first summer

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:09.520
after the beginning of the big war.

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We combined our desire and our efforts

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with one brand of wedding dresses

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:23.480
and we could organize

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:26.880
a short romantic weekend for three couples

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and shot them in Lviv,

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the most romantic city of Ukraine.

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I see beautiful pictures of couples,

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:43.960
their hugs, smiles, the happy faces, and

00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:47.280
I feel that

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I could feel their love.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.560
Each day it's a black day in our calendar.

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:38.440
It's always big dissonance in minds

00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:41.040
when you should create

00:25:42.040 --> 00:25:44.360
something to celebrate life.

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:48.320
When each day Ukrainian soldiers

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are dying on the front line.

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For me, when I'm very famous celebrities:

00:25:57.560 --> 00:26:02.120
like Beyonce, J.Lo, Sabrina Carpenter
or other superstars

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:05.560
choose Ukrainian brand
or Frolov brand.

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.720
For me, it's a very important
message to the world.

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:13.080
And we also use this moment
to spread the information:

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.640
what's going on in Ukraine.

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You see what I say,
that you never want to leave this city

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:39.280
it’s so beautiful, it makes
you cry sometimes.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.720
Glory to the heroes!

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.640
Glory to the nation!

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.160
Death to the enemies!

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:01.000
Ukraine.

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.480
Above all!

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.560
A year ago, we did a photoshooting

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.840
dedicated to the girls
who were on the frontline at the moment

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one is Irina Tsybukh,

00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:37.000
she's a medicine and
she was dramatically killed

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:39.320
on the front line during
her medicine mission

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.560
just a week ago.

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Glory to Ukraine!

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.760
Glory to the Heroes.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.040
Glory to the nation!

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:54.480
Death to the enemy!

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.320
Ukraine!

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.280
Above all!

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.720
Iryna made a will for her funeral,

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:06.240
she asked to sing her favorites songs.

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:20.200
It is sweeter for us to die in battle,
than to live in bondage, as mute slaves.

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:28.240
Enough of ruins and disagreements for us,
a brother will not dare to go to war against a brother!

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:36.480
Under the blue-yellow flag of freedom
we will unite all of our great people.

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:44.680
A united nation one for us all is that one truth
this is our proud call to all people.

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:52.880
Be faithful to your homeland until death,
for us, Ukraine is above all else!

00:28:53.040 --> 00:29:00.720
The glory of fallen fighters leads us into battle,
the law is the highest order we shall fulfill:

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:08.480
"Towards a free and united Ukrainian nation,
Free and strong, from the San to the Caucasus!"

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.720
I never face a situation like this and

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:12.480
it should’t be like this...

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:16.640
She was a young lady
full of energy, full of plans

00:29:16.760 --> 00:29:19.920
and she was killed on the front line
by russians missiles.

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:23.040
You see how cruel this war is.

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.360
And it shouldn't be like this.

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:57.480
So this is the... I mean,
the story we did with the girls

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.920
there were three of them

00:29:59.040 --> 00:30:02.320
so, and this was a project
dedicated to women at war,

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:04.760
currently all of them are extremely young

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.800
so, and the are medicines, they are artists,

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.480
but all of them are connected

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:12.960
with the frontline activity
in terms of their professional skills.

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.480
And this is Irina,

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.120
just 25 years old, and she will

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:21.000
always have 25 year old.

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:52.560
In this center,
which is called Unbroken.

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We give the psychological support
and help to women

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:58.160
who were suffered from war.

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:10.440
Women who lost
their men in front line.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.160
Widows, I mean...

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.360
there is a great number of them,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:21.480
women who lost their children,
who went through the...

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.400
sexual violence from

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:26.240
Russian soldiers.

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:32.800
And here we are very, very close

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.200
with different types
of trauma, psychological trauma,

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.840
which Ukrainian women
got through these two years plus.

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:53.440
Actually, I'm pretty popular in this country.

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:58.040
I've been working on television
for the last 20 years

00:31:58.320 --> 00:32:03.600
and I have absolutely huge women audience.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:13.360
So I came to charity
when the war began in 2014,

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:18.240
and we started to gather the specialists,
the psychology

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:21.920
all over the Ukraine
who were ready just to help.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:30.440
Women is the main
soft power of this country.

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:34.400
Today they are both
and fathers and mothers.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.560
Today there are people

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.840
who are earning money for both.

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:44.960
Today there must be very strong

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:47.920
because they are not on the front line

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:52.000
and these women persuade themselves

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:56.560
that they are very strong
and can get through everything.

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.840
Opera House is one of the place

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.480
of my inspiration.

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:31.440
So I think for many citizens
of our capital,

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:35.160
the National Opera
is the place of our power,

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.960
our spiritual power.

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:44.840
Anastasiia, she's prima
ballerina of the National Opera.

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:47.080
She is one of the best.

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:52.280
She became, as many Ukrainians, a refugee.

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:55.200
But after the three months

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:57.160
of the full scale war,

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:02.120
Anastasiia decided to return to Kyiv.

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:14.800
It is dance and ballet art
that I love very much,

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:23.520
and it gives me the strength
to continue my mission

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:27.800
in this difficult time.

00:34:28.520 --> 00:34:33.280
Bringing ballet art to people
who come to the theatre

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:37.240
to experience some new emotions,

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:42.200
to escape from the terrible realities of wartime

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:47.640
and to immerse themselves in the sensual
moments of the performance.

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.800
Oleksandr Shapoval

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:16.920
with Anastasiia Shevchenko.

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:19.960
It's our Ukrainian ballet dancer

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:22.640
and this photo gallery

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.640
dedicated to him.

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:32.880
He became the first days
of the full scale invasion, a warrior

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:36.160
and he was killed on the frontline

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.560
at September 2022.

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:52.240
Oleksandr Shapoval was also: teacher,
choreographer of these children

00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:56.560
who present the graduation concert tonight.

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.360
All my friends

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.480
are involved
in these volunteer activities

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:52.840
because everyone wants to be useful

00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:56.720
and if we are not in the army,

00:36:56.880 --> 00:37:00.400
we want to help everyone

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:03.800
who is on the front line.

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:21.040
So, this how we pack our...

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:22.520
kikimora (camouflage suit).

00:37:26.560 --> 00:37:28.480
There is secret pocket

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:33.120
and we put there, like some amulet

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:38.240
you know... to make...
this a little angel

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.320
and some notes and this

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:48.160
you know, this armlets
to make safe the soldier.

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:53.240
You know,  letter or postcard

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.320
from children, from other older people.

00:37:58.040 --> 00:38:01.800
There is few words of thanks

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:05.120
and wishing all the best.

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:08.280
Let's God help us.

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:12.640
And this is for sniper.

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:18.000
You see the leg are open
so the soldier can run.

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:20.360
And if it is necessary,

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:23.840
they will lay down and

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:32.120
close all the body, from head
to the knees and foot.

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:06.280
Today's life in Ukraine

00:39:06.560 --> 00:39:10.160
it's just an illusion of peaceful life,
like: we are sitting in Kyiv,

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.680
we are making, like, office routine...

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:19.880
But this is just an illusion,
because you can start the day at the funeral,

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:23.560
then you can meet someone
who comes from the front line.

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:26.080
Then you can attend the volunteer hub

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:27.960
and to see what goes on there.

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:37.320
It's life full of contrast, of course.

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:40.280
But this is our life and...

00:39:40.560 --> 00:39:41.480
has nothing to do

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:43.400
with the life we had before.

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:46.640
It's just an illusion, believe me.

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:49.920
In the summer of 2022,

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:54.960
when we didn't have to go to the office,
I was volunteering also actively.

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:58.440
And I really believe
that we will be rebuilding

00:40:58.560 --> 00:41:03.000
a new country with a new way of awareness

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:07.160
and consciousness,
national consciousness, and

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:10.200
with a new way, I hope,

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:14.600
of esthetics and understanding of beauty
and understanding

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:18.080
of the value of human life.

00:41:49.080 --> 00:41:51.240
We are now going to the village

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:56.120
named Lukashivska that
was under Russian occupation

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:58.840
in the spring of 2022

00:41:59.240 --> 00:42:02.400
and a volunteer organization,

00:42:02.520 --> 00:42:08.560
they took over those villages to help
local civilians to rebuild their houses.

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:13.320
And now it's been two years
and we will see what have changed since.

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:39.360
This is the volunteer camp here, now.

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:43.920
There is a kitchen and
this is Dima, the organizer

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:47.520
who was my only friend
when I came here first.

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.800
Dima, come here.

00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:51.120
Hi.

00:42:57.120 --> 00:42:59.880
We have today, four homes

00:43:00.560 --> 00:43:02.800
that we are keep on building

00:43:04.120 --> 00:43:07.760
this village was under occupation for,
I think, 2 weeks.

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:10.240
And the main fights

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:14.240
took place actually,
just on this street.

00:43:35.520 --> 00:43:38.520
So this is the place where my experience

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:41.560
with the “Repair together” has started

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:45.600
and where the “dramatical” changes
in my life have begun.

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:49.080
And actually this is the place
where I have met Yaroslav.

00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:53.640
He asked me if I fell in love with him
because I was filming him,

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:56.520
not giving the bricks  to others

00:43:56.640 --> 00:44:00.280
but throwing them,
and I thought it is funny to shoot it.

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:03.320
So he thought I fell in love with him...

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:06.360
and it actually became true.

00:44:22.600 --> 00:44:26.720
The stork is like a symbol of a family
and it's told,

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:30.320
I think, worldwide,
that the stork bring the kids and...

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:34.480
but it's generally a good luck
if a stork has built

00:44:34.600 --> 00:44:36.720
its nest by your house.

00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:54.440
When I came actually
for the volunteering camp,

00:44:55.000 --> 00:45:00.520
it was like, partly feeling of guilt,
partly feeling the need

00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:04.600
to participate in some volunteering
to give away something.

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:08.000
If you don't think about giving away your time.

00:45:08.120 --> 00:45:10.760
If you're just leaving your life in Kiev,

00:45:11.240 --> 00:45:14.960
while it is possible
to leave your normal life,

00:45:15.560 --> 00:45:18.400
there is no chance
that you will lead it too long

00:45:18.520 --> 00:45:21.600
because you still have to be aware
that there is a war going on

00:45:21.720 --> 00:45:25.600
and you have to participate
in the resistance.

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:29.120
You have to do whatever you can do.

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:51.480
So we we're now located in the village
named Yahidne,

00:45:51.600 --> 00:45:56.360
which was one of the most affected
villages during the Russian occupation.

00:45:56.640 --> 00:45:58.640
It was the longest,

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:01.520
it was about 27 days under occupation.

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:07.120
And the warriors from Buryatia were standing here,
it’s a the region in Russia,

00:46:07.240 --> 00:46:12.720
and they turned out to be very violent
and very cruel.

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:16.160
They pushed people to stay here
in the basement

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:19.480
for 27 days without letting them out.

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:23.840
And there were some people who died here.

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:26.680
They were like eating here, sleeping here.

00:46:27.200 --> 00:46:32.560
The basement is around 200 square meters,
and there were around 300 people.

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:34.720
They pushed here all the village.

00:47:05.080 --> 00:47:11.960
There were a lot of people,
they could hardly move,

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:18.840
their legs were swelling,
their skins began to crack and fester.

00:47:22.720 --> 00:47:26.920
Yes, he was saying that
he was spending time here with his family

00:47:27.120 --> 00:47:30.840
and you could only... you know...
kind of, like, sit straight

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:34.920
because you couldn't do this,
because people were here, obviously,

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:38.040
and they couldn't really move
for a very long time.

00:47:38.160 --> 00:47:41.040
And when you cannot move, you know,
your muscles are getting stiff.

00:47:41.160 --> 00:47:45.640
And then the skin started breaking apart
and inflammation happening

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.440
just because it was cold
and wet, and humid.

00:47:55.440 --> 00:48:00.120
So they didn't have any electricity here
for most of the time.

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:04.640
And the only time
they turned on the electricity,

00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:07.800
they brought their newspaper
Komsomolskaya Pravda,

00:48:08.040 --> 00:48:12.480
which is like a very popular,
very propaganda oriented newspaper.

00:48:12.720 --> 00:48:16.040
So they brought it in and they said like:
oh, read this, you need to read.

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:18.640
Because we took Kyiv, we took Kharkiv.

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:20.520
Zelensky capitulated.

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:24.920
So yeah, you guys should be
on our side right now.

00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:32.800
They did have some torches,
but they were using them,

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:36.400
you know, very, very minimally
just to keep the batteries alive.

00:48:36.720 --> 00:48:40.160
And that's when the children,
you know, would start crying and saying,

00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:42.640
oh, can we please draw paint something?

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:47.320
And also, he was saying that
since some people died here

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:51.400
before the person is about to die,

00:48:51.560 --> 00:48:52.880
they were all going crazy.

00:48:55.720 --> 00:48:57.760
Yeah, second, 3rd of April,

00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:01.800
the evacuation busses came in,
so that's when they took out

00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:03.120
all the people.

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:09.680
And those are the people who died
in the other room...

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:48.280
Ukrainians are united
like never before.

00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:53.040
Starting from the first moment
of the full scale invasion,

00:49:53.160 --> 00:49:56.240
so Ukrainians changed
completely their lives.

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:59.360
And so they started,
devote their life to others.

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:03.280
We have to be united,
we have to be strong

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:05.600
and we have to be able to resist

00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:08.240
this aggression that we still
facing for the moment.

00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:44.200
Thank you for coming today.

00:50:44.400 --> 00:50:46.920
The museum has changed a lot,

00:50:47.040 --> 00:50:52.040
but it has remained stable and unbreakable
in times of such great changes.

00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:55.640
The halls are empty. We can sometimes see
the plaques of what was before,

00:50:55.920 --> 00:51:00.600
we can even see the shadows
of things that were here,

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:03.600
but of course a lot has changed.

00:51:16.080 --> 00:51:19.120
This museum is a historic place.

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:23.040
It is one of our places of power.

00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:31.400
There are many treasures,
pictures, sculpture,

00:51:31.680 --> 00:51:34.080
different masterpieces,

00:51:35.080 --> 00:51:40.720
were here, in these halls
before the full scale war.

00:51:41.160 --> 00:51:47.760
All of us believe, that one day,
all these masterpieces,

00:51:48.040 --> 00:51:50.800
will return home.