00:00Oh
00:54It was a complete scene because when the bombings started, I was watching Kyiv,
01:02so on the first day of the bombings, there were very few missiles in Kyiv,
01:09on the second day, there was a missile very close, we told them that they were going to bombard them
01:15at 3am,
01:16it was the news between all the Latinos, that Kyiv was going to bombard them at 3am,
01:21so we were atent at 3am and then we didn't pass anything, with the angustia we slept at 4am,
01:25and at 4.30am there was a missile very close to where we lived, so we heard the fatal, horrible,
01:30horrible.
01:38There was a lot of people, there were policemen armed,
01:41shooting in the air so that people could control them to go to the metro,
01:44there were a lot of Colombians, I had never seen so many Colombians here in Ukraine,
01:47but at that time, as it was a point of escape, many Colombians said,
01:52they said, no, we paid for whatever, but let's go from here, and at that time,
01:55in the hour of the afternoon, they ended up the combustible,
01:57the people said that no, that definitely was impossible,
02:02that minimum was walking five or six hours,
02:06so I was doing that with the baby, with the girl, with the cat, with the dog,
02:10with the things that we brought adicionalmente,
02:12so I said, no, no, let's go from there, let's go to another side.
02:14We arrived in Hungary, and we had to wait for about five or six hours,
02:18and the temperature, as I said, is at least 3 or 4 degrees,
02:21that's not acceptable.
02:23And my wife, I think, she was at two hours,
02:27I think she would have had an hypotermia or she would have had to lose,
02:29because my wife said, yeah, no, I can't, I can't, I can't.
02:31My sister studied in Kharkiv, and the day before work started,
02:36she went to Kharkiv for her education, and then, next day, everything started.
02:43So, she couldn't go back home by any means of transport, so she got stuck there.
02:50She was sleeping in the basement all of the days, then she was hiding,
02:57she went to the shop yesterday and waited in line, let's say, for five hours in order to buy food.
03:04Explosions are everywhere, planes are flying above them, nothing good, and it's terrible.
03:11She was super scared.
03:41Explosions are everywhere.
03:42because now my whole family is still in Ukraine under the bombings.
03:48My mom and my grandma, they couldn't evacuate the city
03:54because of constant bombings and this constant danger.
03:58And my grandma, she's very sick, she's not walking.
04:01She's living with my parents.
04:03And my dad, he joined all the Ukrainians and he's fighting,
04:08protecting our city and our country.
04:10So yeah, I can't say that my family is safe
04:13because there is literally a chance of them being killed every minute.
04:19I have friends who are leaving the city and literally 20 feet behind them,
04:24there was a missile.
04:27So it's really dangerous, nobody knows what's happening
04:30because now they don't care if they shoot civilians.
04:33They claim that they are shooting only military objects
04:37but now all the residential buildings, all those areas are being shot.
04:42There is like a lot of houses going,
04:45so nobody knows what's going to happen.
04:47And so we decided for now it's better to stay at a house
04:51than risking more going outside.
04:54They are okay but they are afraid and the city started to be under attack.
05:00Well, they are at home but they know places where to go
05:04in case the attack is so intense they will go to Bunker.
05:08So my city is now under Ukrainian control and two neighboring cities
05:15are being attacked for the past two or three days, I would assume.
05:22You know, rockets are flying above us and some army, Ukrainian army,
05:27goes through our city to those other cities to protect.
05:30And also I need to mention that my region is famous for chemical production factories
05:37and you can assume how dangerous it is if they hit the chemical factory.
05:52You know, the truth is that we lived supremely calm
05:54because, like I said, I always worked at home,
05:58so I had to take care of the girls.
06:00We lived supremely calm.
06:02Ukraine is a super beautiful, super calm,
06:05people supremely affectionate.
06:06The truth is that we felt the war in Kiev
06:09and I think that was something that really affected us.
06:14Because we always knew that there was war, that there was conflict.
06:17So when Russia entered the Donbass, we said that it was normal.
06:19That's all that, that's all that, that's all.
06:21And from a moment to a moment, it all went out.
06:24Literally, it all went out.
06:26It all went out in the face.
06:27I felt that my family was more frightened,
06:29my family and my friends were here.
06:32We didn't think that we were really going out here.
06:34I remember talking to my friends and family.
06:37Nobody took this, like, as this would actually happen.
06:42Because why would the country, like, actually invade?
06:46I mean, they already took, they occupied Crimea and Donbass region,
06:51but never, like, no one thought that they would actually,
06:55that this would escalate into the full war.
06:58Because this violates so many, like, rules and international,
07:02like, and all of that.
07:04And nobody expected, because everybody thought that would be insane
07:08if the war had started in our country.
07:32I wouldn't call my region pro-Russian, okay?
07:35So, because some parts...
07:37Donbass region consists of two...
07:41of two states, let's say.
07:45It's Luhansk region and Donetsk region.
07:48And together we call it Donbass.
07:50And 40% of this territory is occupied for the past eight years, right?
07:55And they pronounce it as independent regions, Luhansk and Donetsk.
08:01But my city, where I am from, is under Ukrainian control.
08:06And mostly what I noticed, the tendency over the past eight years,
08:10people became more patriotic and pro-Ukrainian.
08:15There are, like, really, I would say smaller, like,
08:18the percentage is decreasing each year,
08:21and especially in today's reality.
08:32Yeah, because I want to spread the word about Ukrainian war.
08:37And I want to know the world that this is the war.
08:42It's not just a conflict.
08:43It's not someone is protecting us.
08:46We are Ukrainians.
08:48We are a free nation and we don't need anybody to protect us.
08:52We are protecting ourselves.
08:54We are protecting our land right now.
08:57Cities are burned.
08:58People are killed.
08:59Civilians are killed.
09:00It's not only operation, which is strategic military operation.
09:05I don't know what else they call it.
09:07But this is something which is affecting civilian people strongly.
09:13I wanted to talk because all I see online is that
09:16there is a lot of misinformation and propaganda from a lot of countries
09:21because nobody really knows where is the truth and the true information.
09:25And only people who are from Ukraine, whose families are suffering,
09:30we can, like, explain to the world and the world needs to hear us
09:35because now the whole world is in danger.
09:38And this is not only because of the war.
09:42Because even yesterday, if we talk about this, yesterday they, they started shooting the nuclear power plant,
09:49which is one of the biggest in Europe.
09:50There are times when one remembers, or, like, they are doing things,
09:53or, like, they are doing things like crying.
09:56Because it's hard.
09:57The truth is that it's hard.
10:00And there are many young people, like, who are students.
10:03But, well, it's hard.
10:04It's hard to be here.
10:04And I think that they don't like to talk with the journalists.
10:07I think that people know everything, right?
10:09That they know everything, right?
10:10And that they know different points of view.
10:11Because, when one sees different points of view, one can decide what to think.
10:16I mean, that's the only way to come.
10:27And, of course, I want to be here.
10:28And to the end of the day.
10:28And to the end of the day.
10:28Of course, I think I'll be able to look back for you.
10:30I'll be able to make some of your friends' back there.
10:32I think there will be some of the people who are coming back to you,
10:33I don't think I can go back to you.
10:34And, really, I actually don't want to go back there.
10:37So, no, I'm going to be able to see what I can do here.
10:40I'm going to find the support of the ACNURP.
10:41I'm going to ask you,
10:43that I have to get back from here.
11:02The world, the war in Ukraine is not only about Ukraine, it's about the whole world which is now in
11:08danger because nobody is going to know what Putin or Russia is going to do with the nuclear nuclear war.
11:14Nuclear power, nuclear missiles, the whole world, now we are in danger because a lot of nuclear power plants in
11:22Ukraine are being bombed. If that actually was on fire and there would be an explosion, it would be 10
11:29times more than Chernobyl. And this is like a whole world catastrophe.
11:34And the whole world needs to know that we need the protection, we need to be heard. Otherwise, it's just
11:42like nobody is going to know what's going to happen. The whole Europe can be like demolished.
11:46We call the world to help us because Ukraine is a big country. Yes, we are strong, but we still
11:52need help. If you consider our enemy is three times bigger in population and 20 or 30 times bigger in
12:00area.
12:00And therefore, we call the world to help us and NATO to close the sky above Ukraine.
12:07I mean, to feel the fear, to go out like this, from a moment to another, with the things that
12:12you have in your hands, to leave your life back, to start from zero, to reset your life. It's very,
12:17very hard.
12:18That's not what I would like to say to anyone. And we hope that they will be able to help
12:21the governments and that they will never return to a war or a conflict.
12:28All I can suggest is, I think, which is more important, because now it's escalated more into informational war. I
12:37see a lot of media, they're saying that this is Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
12:40No, this is not a conflict anymore. And it's never been a conflict. It's always been war, even starting from
12:452014, when they occupied Crimea and Donbas.
12:48This is a full escalated war, and the world needs to understand this. So, my only request is, like, please
12:56share this as much as you can, so people all around the world know, and they will not believe what.
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