ONE MONTH AGO TODAY WAS THE
SECOND DAY OF THE WAR IN
UKRAINE.
AND ON THAT DAY RACHAEL TALKED
TO A RESTAURANT OWNER IN THE
CAPITAL CITY OF KYIV.
NAMED ALEXANDER PROGRAM CALL
LIKE MOST OF HIS COMPATRIOTS HE
WAS NEW TO WAR.
HE TOLD --
SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS WERE
LEARNING HOW TO SURVIVE.
THEY FOUND SOME POOL CHAIRS AND
PILLOWS AND TRANSFORMED AN
UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE INTO
A BUNKER.
WHILE TAKING TURNS GUARDING THE
DOOR WITH THESE WEAPONS.
NOW MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE
THEN.
ALEXANDER IS NO LONGER SLEEPING
IN THE UNDERGROUND GARAGE.
MOST OF HIS NEIGHBORS ARE GONE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE GUNS
ANYMORE.
HE DONATED THEM TO THE MEN ON
THE FRONT LINE.
ALEXANDER DIDN'T LEAVE KYIV
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS
PARENTS BEHIND THAT IS CHANGED
TO.
THEY LEFT THE CITY A WEEK AGO.
HE STAYED.
HE TOLD US TODAY I'M NOT
ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE
ELSE.
A PEACE WITH HIS DECISION TO
STAY IN KYIV UNTIL THE END
ALEXANDER DECIDED TO BE OF
SERVICE.
HE STARTED BY DRIVING PEOPLE TO
TRAIN STATIONS SO THEY COULD
ESCAPE.
HE THEN WORKED WITH OTHER
RESTAURANT OWNERS TO PREPARE
MEALS FOR UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS.
AND THEN ONE DAY SUDDENLY HE
RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A
FRIEND THAT PUT HIM ON A NEW
PATH.
HIS FRIEND TOLD ALEXANDER'S
RELATIVES NEEDED FOOD AND
MEDICINE.
SO ALEXANDER FOUND THE
SUPPLIES.
AND DELIVERED THEM.
AND THIS INITIATED A CHAIN OF
HELP.
SUPPORTED BY HIS FRIENDS IN
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND TEN
VOLUNTEERS.
ALEXANDER NOW SPENDS MOST OF
HIS DAYS DELIVERING FOOD TO
THOSE IN NEED.
ABOUT 50 TO 75 BAGS DAILY
CONTAINING EGGS, BUTTER, BREAD,
CHICKEN, MILK WHATEVER THEY CAN
FIND.
HE'S ALSO PICKING UP MEDICINE
FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
DURING ONE OF HIS DELIBERATELY
BETTER UKRAINIAN GRANDMOTHER
WHO HAD BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE
KYIV.
SHE WAS SO OVERWHELMED BY
ALEXANDER'S VISIT THAT SHE
BROKE DOWN IN TEARS.
SHE SAID SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO LIVE HER LAST DAYS LIKE THIS.
LIVE HER LAST DAYS LIKE THIS.
AS ALEXANDER TRIED TO DISTRICT
A DISTRICT DELIVERING FOODIES
TIME A WITNESS TO WAR.
HE TOOK THIS VIDEO THAT YOU'RE
WATCHING ON HIS PHONE EARLIER
THIS WEEK.
THAT PILE OF DEBRIS, IS THE
RETRO VILLE SHOPPING CENTER IN
KYIV.
IT USED TO BE A VIBRANT PLACE
THAT WAS FILLED WITH
RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, FANCY
MCDONALD'S.
IT'S ALL GONE.
ALL OF.
IT WAS HIT BY A RUSSIAN MISSILE
ON MONDAY.
ACCORDING TO KYIV INDEPENDENT
ELISE FOR --
EIGHT PEOPLE DIED IN THAT.
STRIKE IS ONLY FIVE --
SO HE'S VERY AWARE THAT THE WAR
IS MOVING CLOSE TO HIS OWN
HOME.
HE SAID IN A TEST BUT IT IS
PATIENT FEEL LIKE A GAME OF
ROULETTE.
RUSSIAN.
ROULETTE AND MANY DAY COULD BE
HIS DAY.
BUT HE IS READY TO FIGHT.
JOINING US AGAIN IS KYIV
RESIDENT AND RESTAURANT OWNER
ALEXANDER --
ALEXANDER, WE'RE REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR YOU JOINING US
TONIGHT.
SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THIS
MONTH.
SO MUCH.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOUR LIFE IS
LIKE NOW COMPARED TO A MONTH
AGO? >> GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
WHILE THE LIGHT HAS CHANGED TO
ANTICIPATION OF THE WAR GETTING
CLOSER AND CLOSER.
TO WHERE YOU ARE.
IT WAS ALREADY IN OUR LIVES.
BUT NOW WE CAN HEAR THE BOMBING
MORE OFTEN.
WE HEAR THIS SIREN I WOULD SAY
EVERY, NOT EVERY DAY BUT AT
EVERY MOMENT BUT EVERY HOUR.
SO, LIFE HAS CHANGED SOCIALLY.
AND AS YOU HEARD BEFORE NOW ARE
HELPING OUT NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO
NEED FOOD, BUT PEOPLE WHO NEED
-- MEDICINE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
MEDICINE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WITH MANAGEMENT FOR
THYROID THAT ARE IN NEED.
MEDICINE FOR DIABETICS.
YOU CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE,
ANYWHERE IN UKRAINE SO MY
FRIENDS FROM ABROAD BUT --
BROUGHT THIS MEDICINE AND SENT
IT TO ME.
AND VOLUNTEERS ALSO BUYING THIS
MEDICINE.
ALL AROUND KYIV REGION.
AND A FEW OF MY FRIENDS EVEN
FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF UKRAINE
ARE ALSO BUYING OUT THIS
MEDICINE.
AND SENDING IT TO ME.
AND WE'RE GIVING IT AWAY FOR
FREE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY IN
NEED OF IT.
SO, BASICALLY LIFE HAS CHANGED
TOTALLY.
FROM NORMAL TO NIGHTMARE.
SEEING THESE PEOPLE, SEEING --
WHAT THEY'RE REALLY GOING
THROUGH.
IT'S A TERRIBLE SHOCK FOR US,
AND I WOULD SAY FOR ANY CITIZEN
OF THE WORLD.
>> TELL ME ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY
SEEING THEM AND SEEING THEIR
EYES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER
SIDE WHEN THEY LEAVE THE
COUNTRY.
WHEN THEY GET OFF THESE.
TRAINS WHETHER IT'S HUNGRY, OR
HERE IN POLAND.
IT'S WOMEN, CHILDREN, GENERALLY
WITHOUT MAN.
BECAUSE --
PEOPLE LIKE YOU CAN WAIT.
WHAT DO THE GUY LOOK LIKE ON
YOUR SIDE?
>> I WOULD SAY PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME.
THEY ARE SCARED, TWO GROUPS OF
PEOPLE WHEN YOU DELIVER FOOD
AND MEDICINE.
ONE GROUP IS WHEN YOU --
SAYING OKAY I'LL GO DOWNSTAIRS.
OR I'LL MEET YOU IN FRONT OF MY
BUILDING.
AND THEN THE REST SAY, PLEASE
COME TO THIS FLOOR THAT FLOOR.
AND YOU'RE GOING UP AND YOU SEE
THEY CAN MOVE.
WHILE THE BOMBING, --
TO THE BASEMENT AND THE TIME
THEY CANNOT MOVE.
GRANDMA, GRAND WOMAN WAS SHE
CAN BARELY MOVE.
AND THOUGH MORE THAN 60% OF
PEOPLE JUST CANNOT GO ANYWHERE.
SO, THEY'RE SCARED THEY DON'T
HAVE MUCH TIME TO GO DOWNSTAIRS
AND THAT SHOCKING.
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING A
NORMAL THAT YOU COULD SEE
DURING THIS STAGE.
AND. THOSE GRAND PEOPLE.
THOSE GRAND PEOPLE.
THEY NEED TO HAVE RESPECT FROM
FROM ALL THE WORLD.
THEY NEED TO BELIEVE IN CALM
AND --
NOT LIKE NOW.
THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO THESE
PEOPLE.
AND IT MAKES ME AND THE REST OF
THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO
TAKE THE LEAVE IT MAKES ME STAY BECAUSE IF NOT ASKED.
BECAUSE IF NOT ASKED.
from Force Factor, BECAUSE IF NOT ASKED
BECAUSE IF NOT ASKED
from Force Factor,
IT'S BEEN A WHOLE MONTH SINCE
THE RUSSIAN ATTACKED UKRAINE.
AND RUSSIANS UKRAINE
AND RUSSIANS
THE LIVE SHOPPING MALL WAS
SURROUNDING THE BUILDING THAT
WAS DESTROYED COMPLETELY.
TO THE GROUND.
AND AND THE RUSSIAN FAMOUS
POSITION FOR SUCCESS DANIEL AND
KNOCK --
SHE WAS KILLED BY RUSSIAN
MILI
WHILE GIVING THE REPORT TO THE MEDIA.
THE OVERALL FEELING IS QUITE
TENSE.
BUT WE WORK EVERY DAY.
WE CONTINUE HELPING OUR PEOPLE.
AND PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND WE CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE
FOOD, AND WE BARELY COULD GET
ANY SLEEP.
>> ALEXANDER.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I HOPE THINGS HAVE CHANGED