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Even with Russian bombs raining down on her town in eastern Ukraine, nothing will stop Olena Sologub from taking care of her appearance. For Ukrainians like her living near the front, beauty offers an escape that prevents the war from engulfing their lives. "Let me be beautiful, even if they find me under the rubble," says the 50-year-old crane operator in Kramatorsk, which lies less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) from advancing Russian troops.
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00:00Susan Clarke
00:17I'm doing, I'm doing everything...
00:23But all the time, life's continue.
00:26At first there was a stress for everyone,
00:29It was not until all of this.
00:31But then, people suddenly realized that life is going to go to sit and wait for the end.
00:37And when it's done, it's not clear.
00:39So, no matter what, people want to live.
00:43People want to feel alive.
00:46They want to be happy.
00:48And happiness in life helps to survive.
00:59She called me and said, I don't understand.
01:03She said, I don't understand.
01:05She said, I don't understand.
01:07It's better.
01:09It's better.
01:11Okay.
01:23No, we won't do this.
01:25We won't do this.
01:27Maybe I will be beautiful.
01:29Even if my dad will find me under the cracks.
01:31I will be beautiful.
01:33How bad it sounds.
01:35Even if my dad will find me under the cracks, I will be beautiful.
01:37How bad it sounds.
01:39I am a family.
01:40You just come here so often.
01:41So it's like...
01:46They just come here so often, so it's like...
02:01It's like...
02:02The girls come here and come here.
02:03They even have a few centimeters.
02:05We have a great atmosphere.
02:06We have coffee, coffee, coffee.
02:08We have a good mood.
02:09They come here.
02:10They come here.
02:11They come here.
02:12They come here.
02:13They are not people.
02:14They are people.
02:15They come here.
02:16They forget.
02:17We are talking about their own planet, nature.
02:19So we can really get rid of this.
02:22Of course, it's very important.
02:32I also like some kind of treatment here.
02:34Yeah.
02:35I'm sorry.
02:36I'm sorry.
02:37I'm sorry.
02:38I'm sorry.
02:39I'm sorry.
02:40I'm sorry.
02:41I'm sorry.
02:42I'm sorry.
02:43What happened?
02:45I got to.
02:46I've only find out...
02:47You can talk hard...
02:48I've only...
02:49to be interested in everything else.
02:51Like...
02:52Yeah.
02:53That's awesome.
02:54hear all.
02:551976 to magazine the membership now.
02:57Anyway, we can know that never mind.
02:58I'm sorry.
02:59I'm sure do anything.
03:00I just have noticed.
03:00I'm sorry.
03:01I have to tell you guys.
03:02I say it's fine.
03:03I'm sorry.
03:04I'm sorry.
03:05I don't know if I can have..
03:06What's up?
03:07What's up?
03:08I was running down.
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