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00:00:00that's how it all began, the father offered
00:00:03a job as a social
00:00:04worker,
00:00:08and people started, they kept
00:00:12calling constantly,
00:00:15some have phones, the same ones, not just
00:00:19feature phones, smartphones, but they don't really
00:00:22understand them,
00:00:25well, and help, well, as if
00:00:29we...
00:00:31in everything
00:00:34we have to,
00:00:37monitoring health status, in the morning,
00:00:40in the evening, there, measuring blood pressure,
00:00:44saturation, that kind of thing, this, to monitor when
00:00:47to call an ambulance,
00:00:51well, prescriptions, some people cannot take
00:00:55them themselves, it is necessary to control, those that
00:00:58doctors prescribe.
00:01:24Why did you decide not to go to your children,
00:01:27why did you decide to stay exactly like this?
00:01:34Well, I was already working here, so there's no one to
00:01:38replace me,
00:01:41I understand that
00:01:44you understand, just yesterday, for example, a
00:01:47woman's blood pressure there the day before yesterday rose to 200 and
00:01:50above, well, and
00:01:53they don't feel it, but the woman has already had a stroke,
00:01:56and it means, well...
00:02:00she is already 80 years old, 79, to be
00:02:03precise,
00:02:06so there were beloved
00:02:09consequences,
00:02:12so there's no one to leave them with, I would say, how do
00:02:15people react to the fact that you are helping, that
00:02:19you stayed here, helping and I am next to
00:02:22them,
00:02:26well, okay, I once got sick, so... they
00:02:30visited me, we, well, I am currently living at
00:02:34the father's apiary, he
00:02:37offered, at first,
00:02:39well, since then, so
00:02:43with him, they visited me
00:02:45constantly,
00:02:50yes, well, how to say, we are already like a family
00:02:54here, I would say,
00:02:57they have determined. they feel a certain support, well,
00:02:59maybe, they thank you for what you
00:03:03do, constantly, constantly,
00:03:06constantly, constantly,
00:03:09well, as I said, twice a day you have to
00:03:12do measurements and everything,
00:03:15necessarily, I leave the
00:03:18room, thank you, Pavlo Oleksiiovych,
00:03:22first of all, I talk to people, always,
00:03:25well, from the point of view of optimism,
00:03:29it can always be... worse, many people ask about someone's relatives'
00:03:32birthdays or something, they need to find a postcard on Google
00:03:36and send a
00:03:39greeting there, one
00:03:43grandmother, for example, because
00:03:45her children rarely
00:03:48write, so she, well, she
00:03:51worries, she is afraid that something
00:03:55happened to them, and they
00:03:59start...
00:04:01so I literally wrote to them, you at least once a week
00:04:05write something to your mother,
00:04:09so that she is calm,
00:04:12well, and so, I also have to
00:04:16do documents for people, the same certificates
00:04:19for internally displaced persons,
00:04:23well, or go to the city and
00:04:27get identification codes, well, everything... in a row
00:04:30and help with finances,
00:04:33many people don't know how to use ATMs there
00:04:36or again, you need to go to
00:04:40the bank, so well
00:04:44there are those who can go themselves, but
00:04:47there are, well, about, well, I don't know,
00:04:51four men, maybe who can
00:04:54do it themselves nearby, well,
00:04:57we have to drive the others, and we also have. and palliative
00:05:01ones, so to speak, that is
00:05:04bedridden, well, we need to,
00:05:08well, take care of them,
00:05:11so our women in the team are such that
00:05:14they constantly
00:05:18help these people, because they are not able to help
00:05:21themselves, one who is
00:05:24already 93 says, I'm already
00:05:27tired of living, and she is a little sick, she has
00:05:30abscesses, well, pleurisy, abscess, all that
00:05:34was there, she was going to have fluid drained in the city,
00:05:37but she refused at that time,
00:05:41after that... she signed
00:05:45a refusal, well, after that, here on
00:05:49the spot,
00:05:51ah, she regretted refusing, because
00:05:55sometimes she feels bad because of that, well, there's no acute
00:05:58process, temperature is normal,
00:06:02and when they turned to those doctors again, they
00:06:05said we, well, it's good that we didn't do anything there, it
00:06:09might have gotten worse, well, 93 years old.
00:06:13Well, and when she tells me,
00:06:17I don't want to, I'm tired of all this, well, although
00:06:21she's great, she sways when walking, well,
00:06:24her gait is not very confident, she holds on to
00:06:28the walls, well, but
00:06:31she walks around every day, well, she doesn't
00:06:34stay in bed, and to those words that she is already
00:06:38tired, I tell her, listen, I say, Andrey,
00:06:43Halyna Andriyivna, look,
00:06:46you are now 93 years old, and when you turn
00:06:50100, correspondents will definitely come to us, well, there are not
00:06:54many such people, I say, maybe there will be some
00:06:57help for our arrival, well,
00:07:01in this way, you actually need
00:07:05to support them in this way to encourage them, so that
00:07:08they continue to live, you know?
00:07:12In fact, Mr.
00:07:15Pavlo, such shelters, they not only
00:07:18need such care, but also the support of such
00:07:22caring people like you, but they also need funding,
00:07:26how do you manage to get such shelters, I propose to listen to
00:07:30experts further, the shelters of the Caritas network, and
00:07:33communal institutions, and state institutions,
00:07:36which are collective places
00:07:39of temporary residence, collective centers, and this is...
00:07:42a very good temporary solution for
00:07:45people, for any person who is currently
00:07:48in danger, under shelling,
00:07:52and has no confidence in what to do
00:07:56next, if she decides to evacuate,
00:07:59then such shelters, some of them operate for several months
00:08:03providing help, some for six months, and some
00:08:06for much longer, but this is
00:08:09definitely that effective help. which can
00:08:13become a helping hand
00:08:16for people and for a person
00:08:19to dare to leave for a safer
00:08:23territory. Unfortunately, or fortunately, such a story as Mr.
00:08:27Pavlo's is not unique for
00:08:30our organization, for our large network,
00:08:34because it often happens that a person
00:08:37at some critical moment of his
00:08:40life received help. when he needed such
00:08:44help, he recovered and found the
00:08:47strength to provide such help
00:08:51in return, understanding already the needs,
00:08:54and understanding what and how and where
00:08:58can be helpful, and having strength, and having
00:09:02aspiration, having great responsibility, therefore
00:09:05I always with gratitude
00:09:08to Mr. Pavlo and to
00:09:11similar... stories I treat, and
00:09:15Caritas, the entire Caritas network always
00:09:17supports such initiatives. Mr. Pavlo,
00:09:21in fact, you have a difficult job, you constantly
00:09:24need, these elderly people, they constantly need support, including
00:09:28your support, and you, you put
00:09:31your soul into them, your strength, what motivates you not
00:09:34to give up now on this path, not to abandon
00:09:37everything, but you continue to stay here on
00:09:41the spot and continue. to help the needy
00:09:44people here,
00:09:49because I can do this,
00:09:52well, if I, for example, couldn't, that would be another
00:09:56matter, well, if it's within my power, I do what
00:09:59I can, well, and
00:10:02in fact, I myself
00:10:05rejoice when I succeed in something, for example, there are
00:10:08such
00:10:10things that people ask for, that I, for example, haven't done
00:10:14before, well, and when I succeed, well, I rejoice
00:10:17in it myself, well, some experience appears, well,
00:10:21I would also like to say
00:10:24a few. a few words about those
00:10:27who are still
00:10:31in the combat zone among people,
00:10:34well, that is, they don't want to leave their property,
00:10:38housing, well, I would say that
00:10:42life and health are the greatest
00:10:45value, priorities must
00:10:48be exactly these, well,
00:10:52because after the loss of life... or
00:10:55injury, it will already be difficult,
00:10:58well, and impossible to do
00:11:01anything, well, here there will be some hope,
00:11:04the main thing is to be safe.
00:11:08Mr. Pavlo, thank you for your work, for the sacrifice,
00:11:11in fact, that you put your strength into, which you
00:11:15give to these elderly people, who
00:11:19are in this shelter, thank you for working there, and in fact
00:11:22giving them hope for life. Thank you for joining
00:11:26the conversation today. Thank you for being with us, may people who inspire
00:11:30be near. See you!
00:11:45The world has changed, a real war has intertwined with a hybrid
00:11:48war. Fakes change reality. This is just senseless
00:11:52propaganda, like in Soviet times. Vitaliy Portnikov and the host of Espreso
00:11:56in the Saturday Political Club consider the main events of the week through the prism
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00:12:03themselves will survive here. Do not let yourself be manipulated, follow the events
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00:15:3054th
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00:15:49This is a modular town in Lviv. Despite ruined homes and occupied
00:15:53houses due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, everyone tries
00:15:57to rebuild their lives. Mr. Volodymyr, for example, near his
00:16:01room, plants vegetables and flowers. Some
00:16:04were pulled out, these small ones remained.
00:16:08These asters
00:16:11that grew. Volodymyr Chuiko, from
00:16:14Kharkiv region, has been living in the modular town since April
00:16:172022. The man remembers well the day when Russians
00:16:21entered his native village. Then from
00:16:25our house, about 50 meters away, there was an arrival. And
00:16:29the garden was damaged, I think our window was
00:16:32blown out. So, a
00:16:36fragment flew into...
00:16:46they tortured with electricity, they connected electricity and tortured people,
00:16:49they tortured for living a long time, for being rich,
00:16:53a rich person, and they tortured him for that, then I understood,
00:16:57it is dangerous to stay, first of all, the man was worried about
00:17:00his wife, who has a disability and needs constant
00:17:03care, she is afraid of these explosions, even when a
00:17:07missile flies, she is already in a panic,
00:17:11what will happen if it hits us now,
00:17:14she is terribly afraid of this, that's why maybe we
00:17:18left quickly because of this, maybe we would have stayed longer, maybe you know, like people,
00:17:21it will get better, there will be no more shelling, but then it all
00:17:25started here, and that's it, her eyesight even got worse then,
00:17:29her vision deteriorated, then these shellings started,
00:17:32here in Lviv, it's like this...
00:17:35this...
00:18:07morning, first to Kharkiv, then by train to Lviv. At first,
00:18:11they found shelter in a school gym, and then moved
00:18:14to this modular town. We are here in a modular
00:18:18town, the room is small, but cozy,
00:18:21well-built, we have been living in these modular
00:18:25towns since the very beginning,
00:18:28nothing bothers us here for living, we are
00:18:31helped, the administration helps,
00:18:34volunteers help. Volodymyr's family remembers their home
00:18:38every day, and most of all they dream of returning to their native
00:18:42Kharkiv region, if the war ends, I think,
00:18:45return, rebuild what was destroyed, what was
00:18:49ruined, in Lviv, displaced people are accommodated in one modular
00:18:53town, currently over a thousand internally displaced
00:18:56persons live there, according to the local administration, in total in
00:19:00the city, according to the latest data from the city council's social support center, there are over
00:19:0495 thousand internally displaced persons. And in
00:19:07all of Ukraine, there are over 4.6 million.
00:19:33Espreso, together with the Charitable Foundation "Man and Law", asks for participation
00:19:37in the "Wishing you health" fundraiser, we are infantrymen of the second battalion
00:19:40of the 109th separate TRO brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we are fighting in the
00:19:44Pokrovsk direction. To effectively destroy the enemy, military
00:19:48equipment needs to be systematically charged, which is not always
00:19:51possible due to difficult conditions on the front. We appeal to Espreso
00:19:55viewers and readers with a request to support the most important
00:19:58fundraiser for military charging stations, Welstrum stations,
00:20:02designed specifically for military needs and fully adapted to
00:20:06warfare, capable of replacing generators and providing
00:20:09fighters with energy even in field conditions. These silent and
00:20:13powerful charging stations are necessary for performing combat
00:20:16tasks. Every hryvnia transferred will allow us to quickly
00:20:20deliver such much-needed devices to our defenders. Thank you for
00:20:23your understanding. Glory to Ukraine, glory.
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00:21:53Today, Europe, Poland, Ukraine, found themselves at the center
00:21:57of geopolitical challenges. The Kremlin attacks Ukraine with drones and
00:22:00missiles, tanks, in Europe - with fakes and sabotage to sow
00:22:04fear and divide Europeans. This can be called a decisive moment in our
00:22:08common history, how we will react to it, how we will
00:22:11comprehend it, depends on our victory, our development, our
00:22:14survival. And Ukraine today is the center of Europe,
00:22:18and together with our partners. a key place among which is occupied by Poland,
00:22:22we will restrain the Kremlin invasion. We must say no
00:22:26to dictatorship, violence, authoritarianism. Watch
00:22:29the "Center of Europe" program every Friday at 13:10 on
00:22:32Espreso.
00:22:41On the line of contact and in the enemy's rear. The enemy
00:22:44will not understand where death came from. Special
00:22:48Operations Forces. Always beyond the limit.
00:23:04They persistently make their way into the military and overcome all
00:23:08obstacles to achieve Ukraine's victory on par with
00:23:11men. This is the story of women at war. My name is
00:23:14Khrystyna Parobiy. Welcome. "My
00:23:17brother," that's what comrades-in-arms call Olha with the call sign
00:23:20"Bambi." From the first days of service, she heard that she had no
00:23:24place in the army because she raises a son herself, but
00:23:27she managed to change the opinion of men about women in
00:23:30the army, as the heroine
00:23:32will tell further:
00:23:36I didn't meet a single man who would say, "Listen, you have
00:23:40children," but at the same time, I myself, from the first day of service, constantly heard
00:23:43this
00:23:44phrase,
00:23:48by the end of our joint.
00:23:51they thanked me for changing their
00:23:54perception of women in the military, I became
00:23:58like a real brother to them, a real
00:24:01brother,
00:24:05my son is proud of me, and I feel it so
00:24:09sincerely,
00:24:11my name is Olga, my call sign is Bambi and I am a medical
00:24:15instructor in the National Guard of Ukraine, since my name is
00:24:18Olga, my... my mother always affectionately
00:24:21called me fawn, so,
00:24:24and at some point I had to choose a call sign in the military, and
00:24:28nothing stuck to me for a very long time, everyone addressed me
00:24:31by family name or Ms. Sergeant, and
00:24:35with the call sign there was always a big problem, in fact, and then before
00:24:39going to combat, my mother gave me a t-shirt
00:24:43with Bambi, and I looked at it and thought, a fawn,
00:24:46Bambi, like, this is it.
00:24:53When I was little, I was always very drawn to the
00:24:56military, my godfather arranged some minimal
00:25:00basic training for me, physical exertion, because I promised
00:25:03that one day I would come to serve with him. I had experience working
00:25:07in medicine, I worked as a dental assistant,
00:25:10I also had quite extensive practice in various departments
00:25:14of surgery, so, but in the end, my official
00:25:17job was a kindergarten. The presence
00:25:21of a child became quite a
00:25:24triggering moment in the army, because I did not meet
00:25:28a single man who would say, "Listen, you have children," but at the same time, I
00:25:32myself, from the first day of service, constantly heard this phrase, it
00:25:36was very difficult, but my family, my
00:25:39mother, my mother supported me very much in this,
00:25:42and even before the full-scale invasion, we discussed with her
00:25:46the moment that in case of our
00:25:49son... I would join the army,
00:25:52because I am a medic, I can help, I have hands, I have legs, so
00:25:56and I am completely
00:25:57capable.
00:26:00I met the beginning of the war in...
00:26:09It started, somewhere around the
00:26:1126th-27th of February, we were already leaving on
00:26:15an evacuation train, together with
00:26:17our son, his scooter, which he refused to leave
00:26:21at home, this scooter is a symbol of invincibility for us, I
00:26:24remember a lot of children, a lot of women, all this
00:26:27crying, we ended up with our son
00:26:31traveling in the vestibule, we were in
00:26:34the vestibule, I sat with him squatting, he
00:26:37slept in my arms, and then, when we arrived in Lviv, I was
00:26:41ready to kiss the cobblestones at the station, because the journey was really
00:26:45very
00:26:45difficult.
00:26:49March 1st, apparently, my godparents
00:26:53called me, my godfather, and said
00:26:56that medics were urgently needed, and if she knew anyone who was willing
00:27:00to go, and I immediately said
00:27:03a day later at 7:30 I was already
00:27:06at the threshold of the military unit in a pink tracksuit
00:27:10and started paving my
00:27:13way in the army, practically from the very first day I
00:27:17understood that they didn't want to see me there, they didn't want
00:27:20to take me, because I am a woman, because I have
00:27:23a child, well, and because society has set
00:27:27other tasks for me,
00:27:30well, and when I started... trying to communicate with
00:27:33people, I had a completely different idea, I
00:27:37thought that one could speak gently, calmly,
00:27:41people would understand this and accept it, but quite quickly it became
00:27:44clear to me that in the army it's either you or them,
00:27:48and since I was the only woman in the
00:27:50unit,
00:27:53I had to make quite an interesting choice and
00:27:56actually become such a dominant
00:27:58link, well, where I had to...
00:28:02manage, in fact, I performed the duties
00:28:05of the head of the medical point of the battalion, well, I had
00:28:09several men under
00:28:11my command, older than me, bigger than me,
00:28:15well, and it was quite difficult to gain their
00:28:19authority and respect. The first wounded were
00:28:22quite a stressful event for
00:28:26me, because it's one thing when you work in a nice, clean and
00:28:29calm surgical department, all together...
00:28:32when everything is exploding around you, they
00:28:35bring you people on the brink of life and death,
00:28:38and well, you just start playing a race with
00:28:42death and try to defeat it,
00:28:45this is a very expensive and very painful experience, because
00:28:48the hardest thing, perhaps, in our
00:28:52work is to constantly see broken destinies,
00:28:56the most painful for us,
00:28:58unidentified wounded who
00:29:02die in your arms, this is just, this is
00:29:05the first two hundred, and I remember it very
00:29:09clearly, a person with an open craniocerebral
00:29:12injury, with no documents,
00:29:15no dog tag, who was very difficult to identify by
00:29:19face, and this was very
00:29:22memorable, it hit very
00:29:24hard,
00:29:26young guys, for whom, when you write form 100,
00:29:30the first digits of the birth year
00:29:32are 2000 and there 2005,
00:29:352004, well, you don't believe in this
00:29:39reality at all, and the wounded
00:29:42who asked to be finished off, there was
00:29:45a wounded man with an injury to both
00:29:48eyes, who, well,
00:29:52very actively screamed that he begged to save his
00:29:55eye, and we couldn't understand why only the eye, because the person had
00:29:59both injured, as it turned out, one had already
00:30:03a protest, well, but in the end he lost both, the person
00:30:06completely lost his sight,
00:30:10the summer of 2024, it was generally very
00:30:14busy, so very scary and busy
00:30:18at the same time, the work was extremely intense,
00:30:21just the medics who worked in principle in all
00:30:25areas of the front, these are simply the gods of war,
00:30:27indeed, there were a lot of
00:30:30wounded, people... people with amputations just
00:30:34sat in line, because well, they sat, lay, whatever
00:30:37they could, there was just not enough hands, not enough
00:30:41tables, and well, the situation was really critical, if there is
00:30:44an evacuation, you will work, you will
00:30:47work for a day, you will work for two days in a row, if it's needed,
00:30:50and if the guys need your help,
00:30:54you sleep for an hour, you sleep 5 minutes, you sleep there
00:30:57for a couple of hours, you don't have any.
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