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This program me contains
some strong language
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and scenes which some viewers may
find upsetting from the start
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I am Irina.
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I am a paramedic with the battalion
on the front line.
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I wasn't supposed to be here.
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I should be on holidays
with my mum right now.
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Walking around Barcelona,
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chilling.
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I know how much I risk when I'm
here, but I just can't imagine
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living in the world without Ukraine.
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Hello!
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Every clay it was a missile
or airplane attack.
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We'd just wake up and try
to drink coffee.
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Like, "Boom!"
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RAPID GUNFIRE
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The last few weeks was really hard.
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They were shelling our positions
using mortars, artillery, tanks.
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Ohhhh.
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Before the war
I used to photograph weddings.
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I liked weddings very much.
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These clays, a lot of emotions,
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great emotions like a happy laugh,
sometimes cry.
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DISTANT EXPLOSION
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MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS
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ROAR AP P ROACH ES
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EXPLOSION
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CAR ALARM
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MULTIPLE CAR ALARMS
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DISTANT BOOM
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It was very painful.
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For me, it's hard to believe that
Russia starts a war with Ukraine.
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LOUD HUBBUB
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So, this is where my son grew up.
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This is his room.
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DAD LAUGHS
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Ancl now I miss him very much.
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My name is Maksym. I'm 19.
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But do not show it to my mum.
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Please!
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Just a week ago, I was building
plans for future.
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I was studying biology in the
biggest university in Ukraine.
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But the war has completely
changed my life
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and the plans for the future.
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For me, it wasn't obligatory to go
to the war cos I'm a student,
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but me and my friends, we decided
to fight for our freedom,
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for our independence.
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READS OUT NAMES
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Maksym.
Yeah.
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Some of them have children,
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some of them have their
own business,
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but now we have another priority.
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GUNS CLICK
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The training is one of the
most crucial parts in the war,
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because if a soldier
is not well trained,
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he will die in a few seconds.
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I'm communicating with my
teachers in university.
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Yesterday, my microbiology teacher,
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she said that, "It's OK, Maks.
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"Don't worry about your marks,
about your lessons.
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"Now you have an important,
a more important mission."
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SIREN BLARES
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...and we'll see.
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LOUD BOOMS
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WIND WHISTLES
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FOOTSTEPS
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BREATHES HEAV“)!
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SHE GREETS HIM
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SHE SOBS
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EXPLOSIONS
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PLAYS PIANO
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Um...
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DOG BARKS
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LOUD BANGS
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SIREN BLARES
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HARSH BUZZING
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RATTUNG AND CLANHNG
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This is the entrance to the station.
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This is the iron gate.
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They were designed in Cold War time
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so they can hold a nuclear attack.
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So, this is the subway station.
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Near 400 people live here.
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Now, most people are sleeping
because it's early morning.
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Not only humans hide from shelling.
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A lot of animals living
in the station, cats, clogs.
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BIRD SQUAWKS
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Birds.
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Three times a clay
volunteers feed people.
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They even try to make the menu
different every clay.
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For me, subway station was like
micro country in one place.
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Maybe that's why I filmed
so much children on stage
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because I want to play with my son.
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I'm glad that they are in safety.
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Uh, yeah, but I want to have
opportunity to see my son.
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It will be his birthday.
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Ancl it will be the first birthday
not together.
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THEY CHEER
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EXCITED CRIES
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Oh.
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We have been in here,
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and we were defending the...
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...er...chemical factory.
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It was like hell.
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There were no good positions
to defend.
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One of my friends have died there
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and ten of 15 guys
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were injured -
were seriously injured.
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It was hard for us understanding
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that we have lost the battle
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for one of the key cities.
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But Russians have many more weapons
than we have.
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The biggest problem is artillery
and aircraft bombs.
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I'm using just a Kalashnikov.
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It is very hard to understand
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that some of your friends,
they died on your hands.
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It is hard to deal with that fact.
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But we are going to keep fighting.
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Now United States and Great Britain
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send us multiple
launch rocket systems,
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it completely changed the situation.
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So now we are just holding
our positions.
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But each of us is waiting
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for command to reoccupy our cities.
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We are waiting for the attacking...
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Attacking command.
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Petrov sky. Petrov sky.
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Before the war, I didn't realise
how much I loved the city -
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how important the city is for me.
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In the beginning of this war,
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I saw that Kyiv will be occupied
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but it's not.
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And I'm happy to see
all these guys sitting on cafes.
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Life goes on
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and that's amazing.
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It's a big surprise for all
my friends that I'm still alive.
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So I'm trying to meet everybody here
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to have just a good time together.
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I just feel happiness.
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The last few weeks was really hard.
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There were close fights in trenches.
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It was one of the hardest rotations
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for our battalion,
and we lost many -
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many of our soldiers.
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It is hard for me to explain
my feelings about those who die
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and about this memorial.
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It is such a powerful place.
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I don't know what feelings I...
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...| should feel.
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There are photos
of a few guys there,
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who are my good friends.
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There is a photo of a man -
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his nickname was Sam.
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If someone asked me to describe him
with one word, I will say happy.
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He was 22 years old.
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He'd married his wife one week
before he died in Severodonetsk.
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Rest in peace, guys.
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The war completely changed
my sense of here.
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It is making you harder, maybe.
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Or...
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...a bit more cruel.
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Right now, near from our home,
flying drones with bombs flying.
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EXPLOSION
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ARTILLERY FIRE IN BACKGROUND
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GROANING
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SHOUTS AND LAUGHTER
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ARTILLERY FIRE
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SHOUTING
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CONVERSATION
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CHEERING
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THEY LAUGH AND CHEER
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SHELLING
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EXPLOSION
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CONTINUAL SHELLING