WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.200 It's crazy to see, you see clear skies ahead, but you know 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:21.320 that that airspace there is in Ukraine and there's war raging. 5 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.000 You know, Ukraine is at war with Russia. 6 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:27.560 EXPLOSION 7 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.920 You know, I think if somebody had said to me 25 years after leaving 8 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:44.480 the military that I'd be going into an active war zone in Europe 9 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:48.040 on a NATO border, you'd almost never believe it. 10 00:00:53.880 --> 00:01:00.480 On the 24th of February 2022, Russia launched air strikes across Ukraine. 11 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.680 Followed by a full scale land invasion. 12 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:13.000 It was a massive escalation of an armed conflict 13 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.320 that has been going on since 2014. 14 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.280 And after seven million civilians fled the country, 15 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:24.560 it led to the biggest refugee crisis in Europe 16 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:26.600 since the Second World War. 17 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.640 BABY CRIES 18 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:35.880 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has become known 19 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:39.440 around the world as the face of this war. 20 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:51.080 He's been a uniting force for the people, refusing to leave even 21 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.840 when there were threats to his life. 22 00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:05.600 I'm travelling into Ukraine to interview the president. 23 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.960 To be asked by President Zelenskyy 24 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.360 to come and meet him and talk to him 25 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.080 is obviously a real privilege. 26 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.480 But I suppose ultimately what I, what I really want is to find 27 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:20.840 out what he's, what he's like, kind of away from the, 28 00:02:20.880 --> 00:02:22.320 away from the podium. 29 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.600 And also to see what it's really like inside Ukraine at the moment 30 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:31.400 and what the people, what the people are really actually going through. 31 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:34.640 I've served with the British military and spent a life 32 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:36.800 working in survival. 33 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:41.000 But now I will be learning from Ukrainians about what it takes 34 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:42.880 to survive in a war zone. 35 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:44.480 PHONE DINGS 36 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:49.120 Here we go, guys. 37 00:02:49.160 --> 00:02:52.560 Bruce. So Bruce is one of our team who, 38 00:02:52.600 --> 00:02:56.320 one of our security team who's gone into country beforehand. 39 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:00.160 He's been there a couple of days just to set things up and make sure 40 00:03:00.200 --> 00:03:02.600 everything's ready for us. 41 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:05.320 But he wants to give me a little update, see what he says. 42 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:10.320 Hey, gang. So we just had information that's come in through our intel sources. 43 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.120 It's not a good picture, I'm afraid. 44 00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:20.520 It appears that Kyiv might be struck by missiles in the next 24 hours, 45 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.280 so it's not looking particularly good. 46 00:03:23.320 --> 00:03:25.560 Who's giving you that update? 47 00:03:25.600 --> 00:03:29.840 How accurate do you think that sort of intel is? That comes 48 00:03:29.880 --> 00:03:32.120 from a government source. 49 00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:33.680 Pretty high up. 50 00:03:33.720 --> 00:03:36.080 So, we hope it doesn't happen. 51 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.560 But, you know, better to be prepared for not. 52 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:42.040 OK. Thanks, Bruce. Well done. Stay safe. 53 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:43.840 OK. Take care, cheers, mate. Bye. 54 00:03:43.880 --> 00:03:48.320 So, yeah, guys, I guess definitely changes the dynamic a little bit 55 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.240 if we've got the rocket attack going in today. 56 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.920 Which is definitely a little bit worrying. 57 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.120 Ukrainian airspace is currently closed. 58 00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:06.880 So after flying into Poland, I'm making the 950km car 59 00:04:06.920 --> 00:04:10.840 journey to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. 60 00:04:10.880 --> 00:04:13.240 I can't travel during curfew hours, 61 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.560 so tonight I will be staying in the city of Lviv. 62 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:20.480 But first, I need to cross the border. 63 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:26.880 OK, so approaching the border, the all-important letter 64 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:31.440 from the president's office saying we invite you to be here, 65 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:38.160 and then what's called a Faraday case, which is basically a sealed 66 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:40.880 case that blocked all mobile phone signals. 67 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:45.480 So, guys, phones should go in these and then that blocks 68 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:49.840 the signals so there's no trace of who's coming 69 00:04:49.880 --> 00:04:53.680 in and out of the country, which is what they asked us to do. 70 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.600 So phones are in that. 71 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:57.960 OK, here we go. 72 00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:17.760 Well, team, we're into Ukraine. 73 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:25.880 Well, whatever happens, guys, over the next three days, primarily, 74 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:29.040 stay safe, have each other's backs, 75 00:05:29.080 --> 00:05:32.520 and we'll get in and done and out safely. 76 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:37.360 OK. Time to meet our translator at this gas station. 77 00:05:37.400 --> 00:05:39.360 If everything's gone to plan. 78 00:05:39.400 --> 00:05:40.600 Hi. 79 00:05:40.640 --> 00:05:42.520 How are you doing? You OK? 80 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:43.560 Hi. 81 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.080 So soon into my journey 82 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:52.480 and already there are tank traps and sandbags, stark reminders 83 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:54.200 of the ongoing conflict. 84 00:05:56.640 --> 00:05:58.480 The start of the war, it must have been scary. 85 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.560 And how have you been this last year? 86 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:11.240 Really? Yeah. 87 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:22.440 Has everybody lost friends? 88 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:28.680 Yeah. So hard. 89 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:31.600 Always. 90 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.320 So this is a clip that's just been posted on Twitter saying, 91 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:02.200 we understand that terrorists are preparing new strikes and as long 92 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.680 as they have missiles, they won't stop. 93 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.600 Our mutual assistance is one of the elements of protection 94 00:07:08.640 --> 00:07:10.480 and of our great strength. 95 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.840 Yeah, I mean, he does these every night and they're incredible 96 00:07:15.880 --> 00:07:18.600 and inspiring, and the nation needs it. 97 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:26.600 Russia has started a new tactic in the war. 98 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:32.120 Only last week, cities across the country were hit by missiles 99 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.920 and drones targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure. 100 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.320 It's triggering rolling blackouts and causing the heating system 101 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.200 to fail in people's homes. 102 00:07:45.440 --> 00:07:47.280 Just as winter approaches. 103 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:58.360 Before meeting the president tomorrow, I want to see first-hand 104 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:02.320 the destructive impact the war has had on the country. 105 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.240 On my route to Kyiv, 106 00:08:04.280 --> 00:08:08.320 I'll be stopping off in the area around the town of Irpin. 107 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.680 It became the front line of the fighting during the early 108 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:13.320 weeks of the conflict. 109 00:08:16.760 --> 00:08:21.520 As Putin's invasion of Ukraine began, Russian paratroopers stormed 110 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:23.920 the strategic airport at Hostomel. 111 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:27.920 Which is only 15km from Kyiv. 112 00:08:29.320 --> 00:08:32.120 In an attempt to seize the capital and remove 113 00:08:32.160 --> 00:08:34.080 President Zelenskyy from power, 114 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.520 Russian forces attacked the surrounding towns 115 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:39.320 of Bucha and Irpin. 116 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.200 After a month of fierce fighting, the Russians were repelled 117 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:50.600 by the Ukrainian military and local volunteers. 118 00:08:52.160 --> 00:08:56.000 But this came at a cost on both sides of the conflict. 119 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:04.640 Bad stuff has happened here. 120 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:08.160 All of these buildings and windows shot out. 121 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.440 Roofs gone. 122 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.240 Burnt out. 123 00:09:12.280 --> 00:09:13.480 Broken down. 124 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.240 Welcome to Russian occupation. 125 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:20.880 Wow. Look at this. 126 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.640 Just so much destruction. 127 00:09:26.640 --> 00:09:27.880 So crazy. 128 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:30.080 DOG BARKS 129 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:35.600 Just whole apartment blocks flattened. 130 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:42.400 Probably all of these buildings had people living in them. 131 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.120 It's like ground zero, wherever you look. 132 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.120 It's hard to imagine the impact all of this is having on the people 133 00:09:53.160 --> 00:09:58.040 of Ukraine and how this country will rebuild itself once 134 00:09:58.080 --> 00:09:59.560 the conflict is over. 135 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:15.600 I arrive in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, the final destination 136 00:10:15.640 --> 00:10:18.240 on my journey to meet the president. 137 00:10:29.160 --> 00:10:32.840 The war is still raging on the battlefront to the east 138 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:33.920 of the country. 139 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:40.360 Despite facing electricity blackouts and being under the constant threat 140 00:10:40.400 --> 00:10:44.720 of missile attacks, life in the city somehow carries on. 141 00:10:48.160 --> 00:10:52.360 For the residents, reminders of the war are hard to escape. 142 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.400 Wow. It's quite a symbol, isn't it? 143 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.600 Old Russian tanks burnt out. 144 00:11:00.640 --> 00:11:02.280 Done. 145 00:11:05.520 --> 00:11:06.520 Wow. 146 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.120 First up. Good job. 147 00:11:22.160 --> 00:11:23.320 We're all alive. 148 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:26.840 The missiles that were predicted, Monday didn't come. 149 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:28.560 Tuesday didn't come. 150 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.120 And today's Wednesday, the last day they're expected to come. 151 00:11:31.160 --> 00:11:34.120 So, not getting complacent, but we're here. 152 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:35.440 The whole plan is on. 153 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.560 And now Scotty, a few security things to go over. 154 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.440 Scotty. Right, guys, this is our operational briefing for today. 155 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:45.120 Over the last week, the intelligence has been growing and growing 156 00:11:45.160 --> 00:11:47.600 to suggest that there are some attacks that are going 157 00:11:47.640 --> 00:11:50.200 to be imminent - rockets, drones or maybe missiles. 158 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.000 Well, that's increased even more now. 159 00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:54.560 In the next 12 hours, we're looking at an imminent attack. 160 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:56.800 So a heightened level of awareness is essential. 161 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:58.680 Today, we take all of our equipment. 162 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:04.480 That's our PPE, OK? Our helmets in the vehicle, our vests, of course... 163 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.520 ..in the vehicle so we can react to any strike. Stays in the vehicle 164 00:12:09.560 --> 00:12:12.600 and make sure everyone's got their trauma kit, their first aid 165 00:12:12.640 --> 00:12:14.880 kit, their trauma packed in their rucksacks. 166 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:17.760 The biggest thing is situational awareness. 167 00:12:17.800 --> 00:12:19.080 This is a war zone. 168 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.000 Stay switched on. Stay alert. 169 00:12:21.040 --> 00:12:22.480 Happy. Ready to go. 170 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.680 Let's do it, team, let's do it. 171 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.000 OK, let's go. 172 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.560 It's weird being in a city where missile strikes are sort 173 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.240 of meant to be imminent. 174 00:12:35.280 --> 00:12:37.760 Not like in the next week, like today. 175 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:40.000 We just need to get through the next couple of hours. 176 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:42.000 Definitely apprehensive. 177 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.400 I've been lucky to interview some amazing people over the years 178 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:53.760 from the sitting US President to Prime Minister of India. 179 00:12:53.800 --> 00:12:55.760 But I think this is different. 180 00:12:55.800 --> 00:12:57.920 You're in an active war zone. 181 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.840 You're with someone who's probably the most hunted man on the planet 182 00:13:00.880 --> 00:13:03.880 by the most fearsome regime on the planet. 183 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:08.040 And even when we were planning this, the government guy said, Bear, 184 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.160 we just we live day to day. 185 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:12.960 We really want to do this, but no guarantees. 186 00:13:18.520 --> 00:13:20.480 We reached the checkpoint 187 00:13:20.520 --> 00:13:23.720 which guards the presidential district. 188 00:13:23.760 --> 00:13:24.840 Here we go. 189 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:29.360 SOLDIER SPEAKS 190 00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:30.520 Yeah. OK. 191 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:33.240 OK, let's, let's hold the filming for a second. 192 00:13:41.040 --> 00:13:45.560 To get to see Zelenskyy, we must clear multiple security checks. 193 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.840 The president is the ultimate high profile target for assassination, 194 00:13:54.880 --> 00:13:58.840 so is protected by a large military presence. 195 00:13:58.880 --> 00:14:00.520 What is that? What does he carry? 196 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:02.960 Anti-drone. 197 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:05.120 I suppose you know you're super vulnerable, aren't you? 198 00:14:05.160 --> 00:14:06.600 Drone, come in. 199 00:14:06.640 --> 00:14:08.720 Let's hope we don't get that. 200 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:14.880 We're going to go on a walk around the city so the president 201 00:14:14.920 --> 00:14:18.440 can show me how the people are coping during this conflict. 202 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.640 But I also want to find out how it is affecting him. 203 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:25.440 THEY SHOUT RESPONSE 204 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:31.280 Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn't always the leader of a nation at war. 205 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.000 His life started out very differently. 206 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:41.200 Working as a comedy actor on television, Zelenskyy even appeared 207 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.360 in a series where he played a schoolteacher who suddenly 208 00:14:44.400 --> 00:14:45.960 becomes the president. 209 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:52.400 In 2019, he decided to run to become the real president of Ukraine. 210 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.400 And he won by a landslide victory. 211 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.400 Hi, sir. You're welcome, Bear. 212 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.800 Thank you. Pleasure to meet you. 213 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.840 Nice to meet you. Privilege to be here. 214 00:15:15.880 --> 00:15:17.360 Thank you. Thank you very much. 215 00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:19.800 You've been so busy this morning, haven't you? Yeah. 216 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:21.080 Not only this. 217 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.120 Yeah. Every day. Every day. 218 00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:26.360 Very busy, yes. But anyway. Yeah. All of us busy, 219 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:28.040 but we have to find time. 220 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.760 Of course. Of course. Well, thank you. 221 00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:32.400 Well, I think the plan was we're going to take a little walk? 222 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.400 We can walk. I love to walk. 223 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.880 Yeah. Yes, because such guests as you, 224 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:40.320 I can have possibility to walk. 225 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:43.720 Very good. Because I know you've had, we got the warning that there 226 00:15:43.760 --> 00:15:48.360 were imminent missile strikes potentially into Kyiv the last few days. 227 00:15:48.400 --> 00:15:52.840 So... It can be today, it can be tomorrow, 228 00:15:52.880 --> 00:15:58.120 it can be, you know, our neighbours, if we can use such word 229 00:15:58.160 --> 00:16:00.720 for these persons, anyway, 230 00:16:00.760 --> 00:16:07.600 so it can be any day, any day they want and we are ready. 231 00:16:07.640 --> 00:16:09.360 First of all, people are ready. 232 00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:11.120 That is the main thing. 233 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:13.800 And you live day to day? 234 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:17.160 We live for the future, not day to day, for the future. 235 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.680 We really believe in our victory. Yeah. 236 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.920 And that's why we live. Where shall we go? 237 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:24.160 Shall we go this way? Yes, we can. 238 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:25.800 Yeah. OK. 239 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:30.600 How many days you, you're here or already here? 240 00:16:30.640 --> 00:16:32.680 We've had a long drive. 241 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.240 Long drive. Yeah, yeah. 242 00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:37.560 And we arrived in Kyiv last night. 243 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.680 Yeah. So two days in country. 244 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:43.720 So what were you like when you were growing up as a little kid? 245 00:16:43.760 --> 00:16:49.800 I think like all the kids, maybe with a little bit more power 246 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:54.440 and speed because I was always running not to waste time. 247 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.760 Yeah. So you're always moving. 248 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:57.080 Always moving, yeah. 249 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.080 Is that your, is that your character still like...? I think, yes. 250 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.840 Yeah. I think yes. 251 00:17:01.880 --> 00:17:04.080 And what was, what was your dream as a kid? 252 00:17:04.120 --> 00:17:05.760 Did you have a dream, a job? 253 00:17:05.800 --> 00:17:09.120 I think each morning I had another dream. 254 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.480 But you didn't want to be an actor as a kid? 255 00:17:11.520 --> 00:17:13.840 No. No. No. Really? No, no. 256 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.480 So, Olena, did you meet her when you were young? 257 00:17:19.520 --> 00:17:21.440 Yes, when we've been 17. 258 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.760 We love each other. 259 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:26.680 I think my wife, I think, is my best friend. 260 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:30.720 I read that she was she was nervous about when you decided 261 00:17:30.760 --> 00:17:32.480 to run for president. Yeah. 262 00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:33.880 She was like, "Really?" 263 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.880 Yes. She didn't want, like, 264 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:39.880 she understood that our family will not have the same life 265 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.280 like it was before. Mm. 266 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.760 Do you get to see your family a little bit or is it impossible? 267 00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:51.040 Sometimes. I have, for example, four, six hours to be with them... 268 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:53.840 That's so little. It's so hard for you. 269 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:56.720 It's very hard for my son. Mm. 270 00:17:56.760 --> 00:17:59.000 Because you know, this age. 271 00:17:59.040 --> 00:18:01.760 Ah... So how old is he now? He's nine. 272 00:18:01.800 --> 00:18:04.160 Nine. So it's tough for him, yeah. 273 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.920 It's really tough situation because he needs father. 274 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.200 Yeah. And now he doesn't have enough... 275 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:14.160 ..enough warm moments. Yeah. 276 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.560 What do you say to him? 277 00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:17.600 How do you explain the situation? 278 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:19.320 He's in the soldier form. 279 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:21.040 Really? He loves it. Really? 280 00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:22.280 Oh, yes. 281 00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.600 It's all... He's ready. 282 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.800 ..all, he's always ready. 283 00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:31.080 This war also changed our people and changed our children. 284 00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:35.920 Yeah. They are not childrens. They are adults. 285 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:38.080 Kids all through the country, 286 00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:40.880 I guess they have had to grow up so fast. 287 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.640 Yes. And our children. 288 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.720 He has grown up very fast. 289 00:18:44.760 --> 00:18:45.880 Really. 290 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:49.680 My son, he, you know, said to me that I'm strong, I'm OK. 291 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:51.920 Do your job. 292 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.320 Yes. But at this moment, you see, you know, 293 00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:56.680 with a... 294 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:59.800 HE SPEAKS UKRAINIAN 295 00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:02.880 And you see with the eyes of your son. 296 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:06.320 And you understand that he's a child. Mm. 297 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:08.000 Yeah, yeah. 298 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.960 Yeah, yeah. We go. We go. 299 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:21.680 Across the country, Ukrainians have had to adapt to a new way 300 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.760 of living since the conflict began. 301 00:19:24.800 --> 00:19:28.880 Businesses try to stay open when there is no electricity. 302 00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:34.480 Even operations are being done under torchlight. 303 00:19:34.520 --> 00:19:36.520 GROANING 304 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:43.040 People refuse to give up despite losing so many loved ones. 305 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.200 Whilst I was in Kyiv, I wanted to find out how its citizens 306 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:53.800 could be so resilient during these uncertain times. 307 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:57.560 So I arranged to meet local resident Elina Polyakova. 308 00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:02.520 Hi, Elina. Hi. Nice to meet you. How are you doing? 309 00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.920 That's OK. Nice to see you. 310 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.040 So warm hands. Yeah, good, good. 311 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:08.080 You're surviving... 312 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.760 ..sub-zero Kyiv? 313 00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:11.160 You're OK? Yes. 314 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:15.480 Elina works in the city as a journalist covering the war. 315 00:20:15.520 --> 00:20:19.120 Even though they're meant to be missiles coming at any minute, 316 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.800 it also feels like, you know, cars are in the street. 317 00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:24.600 Everyone is trying to live a normal life as well. 318 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:27.480 But you still have the threat and you have the blackouts. 319 00:20:27.520 --> 00:20:31.560 How is everyday life at the moment in Kyiv compared to maybe 320 00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.800 in the east? 321 00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:36.720 Well, in Kyiv we have theatres open. 322 00:20:36.760 --> 00:20:39.000 We have concerts every evening. 323 00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:42.920 Even with just candles, you know, we have bars open. 324 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.800 We have different restaurants. 325 00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:46.400 They buy generators. 326 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.160 If I have no electricity at my home, I can go to the nearest cafe 327 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.760 and work from there. 328 00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:54.920 So it's about community. 329 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:57.720 We become only stronger with that. 330 00:20:57.760 --> 00:21:00.800 Putin is trying to break everyone apart through the bombing, 331 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:03.880 but actually it's bringing people together. Is that right? 332 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.080 Yes, I think that he thought that with these bombs, 333 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:10.720 with these blackouts, he will win. 334 00:21:10.760 --> 00:21:12.640 But we are a free country. 335 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:16.720 We are a democratic country, and we want our freedom. 336 00:21:16.760 --> 00:21:20.320 We also have suddenly an air-raid siren will go off. 337 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:25.040 And then what happens? If there air-raid sirens will be now? 338 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:28.680 Well, I think that nothing... because people get used 339 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:33.480 to that. I go to the shelter only when I hear the explosions. 340 00:21:33.520 --> 00:21:40.000 We just understand that if I should die today, then I would die today. 341 00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:42.880 Like trusting fate? Yes. Just like that. 342 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.760 Because it's hard to be scared every minute of your life. 343 00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:48.320 You are a very brave, lady. 344 00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:50.760 Thank you very much. Shall we have a coffee? I see a cafe there. 345 00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:53.040 Yeah, it will be warmer there. Get warm, shall we do that? 346 00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:54.480 Yes. Let's go. 347 00:21:54.520 --> 00:21:56.800 Whoa, whoa! It will be strange 348 00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:59.960 to die from the car, you know, in Ukraine. 349 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.360 That would be bad. 350 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:04.320 Come on. You're very law abiding. 351 00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:06.000 I like it, Elina. 352 00:22:06.040 --> 00:22:07.360 HE LAUGHS 353 00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:14.000 Elina's family live just 20km from the current front line. 354 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:19.440 Tell me about, tell me about your journey. 355 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:21.080 What's happened with you? 356 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:25.960 At the beginning of the war, my dad go, went to the armed 357 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:28.080 forces of Ukraine. 358 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:33.920 He was 56 years old, but he decided to protect his country 359 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:41.200 because everything that he did was for me, for his children, 360 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.240 for, for next generation. 361 00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:48.960 He and two his colleagues, 362 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.320 they blown up at mine. 363 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:58.560 And his colleagues told my mother that there is 99% that he's dead 364 00:22:58.600 --> 00:23:03.120 and 1% that he is a prisoner of war. 365 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:08.800 And she, I think that she still believes that he's a prisoner. 366 00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:14.760 And she has hope that after the war, he came back home. 367 00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:18.560 But there is no possibility that he will be alive. 368 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:20.960 I'm so sorry, Elina. 369 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.520 Tell me his full name. 370 00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:25.000 Ihor Polyakov. 371 00:23:25.040 --> 00:23:30.360 He and Mum asked about grandchildren. 372 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.720 He... 373 00:23:31.760 --> 00:23:34.600 He will never be a grandfather. 374 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:38.040 I'm so sorry, Elina. 375 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.720 Losing, losing your dad is so hard. 376 00:23:42.760 --> 00:23:46.040 I lost my dad when I was younger, and, you know, his presence 377 00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:47.880 never leaves me. 378 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:51.760 Your, your dad's never going to leave your shoulder. 379 00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:53.000 I hope so. 380 00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:54.240 I shouldn't cry. 381 00:23:54.280 --> 00:23:57.040 I promised myself that I would not cry. 382 00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:59.320 You have to cry. Crying is so important. 383 00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:01.640 Yeah. We will cry, 384 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:04.120 after our victory. 385 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:07.160 And it will be the tears of happiness. 386 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.200 I hope. Yeah. 387 00:24:10.280 --> 00:24:13.240 Thank you. What a lady you are. 388 00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:14.640 What a lady. 389 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.760 Brave heart. 390 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.960 Elina is not alone. 391 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:25.640 There are tens, hundreds of thousands people 392 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.800 across the country with similar stories 393 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:31.720 of regular people who have given their everything, 394 00:24:31.760 --> 00:24:34.800 given their life for their country, for their freedom, 395 00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:37.600 for their family, for their home. 396 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:43.840 You know, just...it's a country at the moment that's steeped in tears. 397 00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.800 But also courage. 398 00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:58.760 I mean, this last year has been like nothing you could have imagined. 399 00:24:58.800 --> 00:25:01.960 If you go back a year ago, a few months before the invasion, 400 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:05.640 did you ever envision that the Russians actually would invade? 401 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:09.680 There are people who really didn't believe, 402 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:14.840 and even at the at the moment of full-scale invasion 403 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:16.920 didn't believe. Mm-hm. 404 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.680 They really counted on it that our people will run, 405 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:23.440 everybody will run, the economy will fall down. 406 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:27.360 So that was their strategy. 407 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:31.520 Yeah. And those first few weeks, months of the war... 408 00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:35.000 You know, we've been to Irpin, you know, where they were, 409 00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:37.040 just on the outskirts of Kyiv. Yes. 410 00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:38.360 But you were here. 411 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:42.480 I mean, those must have been terrifying times. 412 00:25:42.520 --> 00:25:46.800 What I thought, "No, we have to be here, 413 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:50.160 "join everybody, all the people, to fight. 414 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:15.360 When you were offered by Western leaders a chance to escape 415 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.920 and you came out with the phrase, "I need bullets, not a ride." - 416 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.040 that's become, like, such a phrase. What were you feeling at that time? 417 00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.320 At that time? 418 00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:27.600 I... It was strange for me, really. 419 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:31.520 I'm not... I'm not feel that I'm a hero. 420 00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:36.280 And now every day you are speaking to world leaders on the big stage. 421 00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:40.240 Looking back over this year, what have you learnt about dealing 422 00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:44.320 at that level with people, human to human, country to country? 423 00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.920 What have you learnt? 424 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:50.600 First of all, that the people are the same, the society is the same. 425 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:52.640 It doesn't matter what language you speak, 426 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:55.520 you see the eyes and you understand what's going on. 427 00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:58.400 Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter from what country you are. 428 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:00.040 You love the same things. 429 00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:03.640 You hate the same things, the same values. Yeah. 430 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.160 We love children. 431 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:08.280 We love our home. 432 00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:10.240 And tell me some of the... 433 00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:14.640 ..some of the horrors of what Ukraine has really suffered 434 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.880 at the hands of the Russians. 435 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:22.040 Well, first of all, people really, really didn't... 436 00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:23.440 HE SPEAKS UKRAINIAN Wait? 437 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.040 Expect. Huh? Didn't expect. 438 00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:30.000 ..didn't expect that humanity can do it, 439 00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:33.640 that they will come and begin just to kill. 440 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.760 And this first day, they wanted just to kill. 441 00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:41.080 Once the Russians were pushed back from towns and cities 442 00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:46.040 that had been occupied, the true horrors of war were revealed. 443 00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:51.080 Places like Bucha and Izium had mass unmarked graves, 444 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:54.360 revealing signs of torture and execution. 445 00:27:57.520 --> 00:28:00.760 But other alleged crimes also took place. 446 00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:05.440 They raped children. 447 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:10.440 They... They wanted mothers, fathers to see it. 448 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.200 So it was terrible. 449 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:14.560 And this was shock, really. 450 00:28:16.520 --> 00:28:20.800 And it's...and there's so many war crimes under investigation now, 451 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:24.760 aren't there, and stories of children and detention camps. 452 00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:29.440 People always ask, "How many people have been killed by Russians"? 453 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:32.360 And I really say that nobody knows, 454 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:36.160 because, er, when we de-occupy 455 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:40.520 the new village, the new territory where, for example, 1,000 people 456 00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:42.720 lived before the war, 457 00:28:42.760 --> 00:28:46.640 when you come there, you see 20 people. 458 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:51.240 You don't know where are they. Some of them went, some of them, 459 00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:54.560 mostly children, been deporched... 460 00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.920 deported. 461 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:58.960 And a lot of people... Children deported? Yes. 462 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:01.880 To where? To Russia? Thousands to Russia. Thousands? 463 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:04.600 What for you has been 464 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.200 the darkest, hardest moment 465 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.520 in the last nine months? 466 00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.880 The hardest moment. 467 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:15.160 I think the first day. 468 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:19.480 How have the Ukrainian people reacted? 469 00:29:19.520 --> 00:29:21.920 Great. Great honour. 470 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:24.280 How they strong, how really, 471 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:28.720 when Russians attacked our people and Russians thought 472 00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:31.960 that if they will attack more and more, more, 473 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:36.040 our people will be shocked and will afraid. 474 00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:38.880 But it was... the result was opposite. 475 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:43.880 Really? The more they fight, the more they attacked us, 476 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:47.640 the more strong our people began and became. Right. Yeah. 477 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.200 On that first day of the war, 478 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:55.160 it was feared that the Ukrainian military 479 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:58.360 would not be strong enough to hold off the Russians. 480 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.600 So President Zelenskyy introduced a martial law, banning men 481 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:08.480 between the ages of 18 to 60 from leaving the country. 482 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.400 Whilst they were not forced to, 483 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.960 many signed up voluntarily to join the armed forces... 484 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:23.920 ..and begun their training to learn how to fight. 485 00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:29.880 I wanted to hear first-hand from citizens 486 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.880 who enlisted in the Army. 487 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:36.640 So yesterday, whilst in Irpin, I met up with a soldier. 488 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.000 I think he's all the way at the end. You see him? 489 00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:41.520 Olexander fought in the early battles 490 00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:43.760 that took place in his hometown. 491 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:47.160 Hey, Olexander. Hello. 492 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.520 How are you? Nice to see you. 493 00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:51.280 You doing OK? Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. 494 00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:53.560 This is...this was your home? 495 00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:55.040 It was my home. 496 00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:57.720 It was destroyed...by Russians. 497 00:30:57.760 --> 00:31:00.680 Yeah, but now we try to rebuild it. 498 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.400 And were you guys, were you home when it was shelled? 499 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:10.680 No, I wasn't in position to save our city from occupants. 500 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:14.600 What happened during those, those weeks? 501 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.600 So this, this whole area was the front line? 502 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:27.000 Yeah. Yeah. Like, frontline. Incredible. 503 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.560 So on the first day of the war, were you a soldier beforehand, 504 00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:48.200 or did you start on the day of the war? 505 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:12.920 But it is amazing that a country is, like, mobilised, like, overnight 506 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:15.920 and you're given arms and you're asked to fight 507 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:18.440 and you've got to figure it out. Yeah. Yeah. 508 00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:36.160 That's amazing. Well, you're a scout. 509 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.600 Yeah. Yeah. Amazing. 510 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:41.440 All my family, scout. Yeah. I have two children. Yeah. 511 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:44.600 As the Chief Ambassador for World Scouting, 512 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:48.080 it's always an honour for me to meet a fellow scout. 513 00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.760 And how are your family now? 514 00:32:57.600 --> 00:33:00.160 So now she is, she is back in the town? 515 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:02.280 Yeah. Yeah, she's now here. 516 00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.760 Can we...can we meet her? 517 00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:05.960 I think so, yeah. Yeah? Yeah. 518 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.840 Shall we go? We can do it today. 519 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:10.320 My son, his name's Adrian. 520 00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:14.160 Adrian. Adrian. My daughter, she is scout too. 521 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.360 And is she here? 522 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.560 She is 12 and now, she with my grandmother. 523 00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:21.240 OK. Yes. Great. 524 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:25.000 Hey. 525 00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:27.440 Hi. Nice to meet you. You doing OK? 526 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:30.040 Yeah. Hey, who's this? Is this Adrian? 527 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:32.800 Well, you're a scout. You can give me a left handshake. 528 00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:34.920 Well done. Well done. You doing all right? 529 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.200 Staying warm? 530 00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:42.760 So when did you come back to Ukraine? 531 00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:46.160 In the end of May. Of the May. Yeah. 532 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:49.560 And why did you come back? 533 00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:53.960 Erm, It's really hard to live abroad. 534 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.960 I want to live here. 535 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.600 And you're pleased you're back? 536 00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:59.560 It's like, erm... 537 00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:04.440 New puzzle of your life because your friends, your family, 538 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:09.120 your life, your home, everything was destroyed. Hm. 539 00:34:09.160 --> 00:34:11.160 Now I need to... 540 00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:13.120 Rebuild it. Rebuild it. Yeah. 541 00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:15.440 And how do your children... 542 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:18.600 how have they reacted to everything? 543 00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:22.040 First reaction, I think it was shock. 544 00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:27.000 And for our daughter, it was very hard because she realised 545 00:34:27.040 --> 00:34:29.200 that her father... 546 00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:34.680 ..he is alive. but it can be... 547 00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:37.320 ..tomorrow. Yeah. 548 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:40.120 What do you say to Adrian about life? 549 00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:42.400 What's happening? How do you explain it? 550 00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:58.960 And that's hard... hard to explain. 551 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.640 You think Ukraine can win this? 552 00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:05.400 Yes. We have no other choice. 553 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.920 I think you guys are amazing. 554 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.600 I got a little present for you. 555 00:35:12.080 --> 00:35:15.480 When we're walking here, I always carry with me... 556 00:35:15.520 --> 00:35:19.240 something from the Scouts. 557 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.200 Because you never know when you're going to meet us. 558 00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:23.920 It was surprise for you! Yeah, yeah, it was a surprise. 559 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.080 Yeah, but I always, I always carry these. 560 00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:30.720 And this, what I have, is the newest scout badge. 561 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:33.720 Hmm! And it's for you guys because it's a never-give-up badge. 562 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.240 Which is you. Which is you. 563 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:38.360 Which is Adrian. Yeah? 564 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.320 OK. So there you go, Adrian. 565 00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:46.000 There you go. That's for you. Your never-give-up scout badge. 566 00:35:46.040 --> 00:35:47.960 You've earned it. You've earned it. 567 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.360 Thank you. Yeah. 568 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.960 MUM WHISPERS TO ADRIAN 569 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.040 Thank you. 570 00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:54.280 I have a small present for you too. 571 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:12.120 I love it! Victory. Victory tea. Every Englishman loves tea! 572 00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:14.840 I will drink it with pride. Thank you, guys. 573 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:17.200 Family is everything, eh? 574 00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:31.880 As it stands in November, 575 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:36.240 military counter offensives have helped Ukraine to take back half 576 00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:40.120 the territory it lost to Russia at the start of the war, 577 00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:42.640 but at a heavy price. 578 00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:48.880 Cities that were besieged for months have now been liberated 579 00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:51.440 back to the people of Ukraine. 580 00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.960 CROWDS RESPOND 581 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:09.560 But now that Ukraine is reclaiming ground 582 00:37:09.600 --> 00:37:11.040 how are you doing this? 583 00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:16.680 We have to. We don't have, you know, just we don't have another way 584 00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:19.440 and we don't want to have a way out 585 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:22.960 and we don't want to live with their flag. 586 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.280 All we defend, we love it. 587 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:27.040 They don't love it. They hate it. 588 00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:32.440 And, er, that has never been their homeland, 589 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:34.120 never been their land. 590 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.320 I met a lady yesterday... 591 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:39.240 Here? Yeah, and she... 592 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:42.320 Her husband was a businessman. 593 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.640 February 24th became a soldier. 594 00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:47.720 She and her children go to Italy, and now she's come back. 595 00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:50.560 She says, "I want to be... I want to be here". 596 00:37:50.600 --> 00:37:56.960 I know all my, you know, some friends and their wives 597 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:01.080 went from the beginning of full scale invasion. 598 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:03.920 They...all of them came back. 599 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:08.080 Well, I think I've learned that just in the few days 600 00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:10.320 here of how... 601 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:14.160 ..Ukrainians love Ukraine. Love Ukraine very much. 602 00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:15.800 And there is a power to that. 603 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:18.920 That really saved Ukraine. 604 00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:22.840 Yeah. This attitude to the country, the people attitude. 605 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:25.280 But now that Russia is losing, 606 00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:29.960 they're now targeting civilian infrastructure to try and, 607 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.800 you know, we're going into Ukrainian winter 608 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:35.320 snow on the ground, minus five degrees. It's going to get cold. 609 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.560 It's difficult. 610 00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:40.760 It's really very difficult to live without electricity. 611 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:43.840 And because of they taking to energy network 612 00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:48.440 is also you will live not only without electricity, without water. 613 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:52.120 A lot of challenges. Winter, it's... My opinion, 614 00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:56.840 I think that winter is the second part of this war. 615 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.800 Surviving winter? Yes, surviving winter. 616 00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.720 really, really is very difficult period. 617 00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:05.760 And it will be difficult and all our people are ready. 618 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:09.120 But we'll see because we know that Russia will not stop. 619 00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:11.440 Winter survival is hard. 620 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:13.960 Yes, but only three months. 621 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.800 Only three months? There you go. You're right. 622 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:21.400 Beautiful park. Great park. Do you get to walk much like this? 623 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.560 No, no, no. I don't... 624 00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:25.360 This is good, yeah? 625 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.640 PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CHUCKLES 626 00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:28.880 Winter survival. Winter survival. 627 00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:32.560 You know, the best survival advice I ever got given for surviving 628 00:39:32.600 --> 00:39:37.200 in the winter is stay together. One plus one 629 00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:41.640 equals five, you know? You are right. Hold each other. 630 00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:43.920 So the government is putting these warming... 631 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:45.440 Is this one of the warming stations? 632 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:49.360 Yes, one, that is one of the small one. 633 00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:53.760 Mostly, we open them very quickly at schools, 634 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:59.560 kitchen gardens or universities, you know, in every public places. 635 00:39:59.600 --> 00:40:03.960 With no clear end to the conflict in sight, 636 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.600 shelters have been rolled out across the country to provide warmth 637 00:40:07.640 --> 00:40:10.560 and electricity to people that have none. 638 00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:13.880 I love it. Let's have a look. 639 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.120 OK. 640 00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:16.480 PRESIDENT GREETS PEOPLE 641 00:40:16.520 --> 00:40:18.120 Wow, this is warm, yeah. 642 00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:21.720 All people can come and charge their gadgets. 643 00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:24.720 Take some tea and coffee. 644 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:29.360 Russians waited really the first days when the temperature 645 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:35.920 will be minus. 78 rockets attack during two hours. 646 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:39.120 78, what? Cruise missiles and... Cruise missiles. 647 00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:41.920 Wow! In two hours? As soon as the temperature dropped? 648 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.520 Yes. 649 00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:45.880 President, I think we should have a coffee. 650 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:48.720 There we go. President, one for you. Thank you so much. 651 00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:50.600 And then, come on, let's get outside because it's nice 652 00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:52.320 being in the fresh air for you. 653 00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:56.200 Here is a man, as you know, he doesn't get outside enough. 654 00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:58.400 He's the most protected man. 655 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:00.640 And it's good. Come on. OK. 656 00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.960 HE GREETS HIS PEOPLE 657 00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:06.120 Hey, I've got, I've got something for you. 658 00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:07.840 Here. Here you go. Hold this. 659 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.840 Come on. Who doesn't like a bit of chocolate? 660 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:11.720 OK, that is mine. 661 00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:14.280 It's amazing seeing... 662 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.720 seeing all the people come together. 663 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:21.040 It's like the harder you hit them, the tighter your people become. 664 00:41:21.080 --> 00:41:22.680 People never... 665 00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:25.920 ..never thought, I think, that they could be attacked 666 00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:29.160 from the sky, you know, in the 21st century. 667 00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:30.480 It's a tragedy. 668 00:41:30.520 --> 00:41:32.520 But anyway, people are ready. 669 00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:37.280 But what would it take for peace to come to Ukraine? 670 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:40.520 What will it take? For the peace? 671 00:41:40.560 --> 00:41:44.240 Of the list of so many things we need. 672 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:46.760 And you feel that peace will come? 673 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:49.080 It CAN come? Is it possible? 674 00:41:49.120 --> 00:41:52.200 I think it will not come because... because it will come. 675 00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:54.480 You have to work for peace. 676 00:41:54.520 --> 00:41:56.280 You have to fight for peace. 677 00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:58.880 It is really this situation. 678 00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.120 You have to fight for the victory. 679 00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:04.280 But when the Putin will not feel that he is strong, 680 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.160 when they will feel that they are alone, 681 00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:08.880 peace will come. 682 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:11.800 Thank you so much. An honour. An honour. Thank you so much. 683 00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:15.600 Thank you so much. Max, I promise he'd still be alive! 684 00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:17.160 He's still alive. This is good. 685 00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:19.160 I'm OK. Thank you, guys, all - so much. 686 00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:21.680 Take care. Thank you, guys. All the best. 687 00:42:28.640 --> 00:42:31.440 Well, President's just left. 688 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.760 What an incredible man! 689 00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:35.800 You know - gentle, smart, 690 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:40.280 true visionary, you know, just determined and resolute. 691 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:45.960 But, er, also just for me to be reminded that whoever you are, 692 00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:49.840 president, you know, everybody is just regular people trying to go 693 00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:52.360 about their life and do their best. 694 00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:57.280 They're trying to protect their families, 695 00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:59.440 look after their home, 696 00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:01.560 follow their dreams, 697 00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:03.120 go for things. 698 00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:06.320 And that's a sort of beautiful freedom that 699 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.280 none of us must ever take for granted. 700 00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:14.040 It's what this country are fighting for, what Zelenskyy is fighting for. 701 00:43:14.080 --> 00:43:16.920 For me, a privilege to walk a little bit beside him, 702 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:18.360 hear his story. 703 00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:46.520 Subtitles by Red Bee Media