this is like a vehicle that was trying to take Keith yeah it made it to the streets
of Kiev fortunately in Ukrainian hands so Ukraine has captured huge numbers enormous
enormous numbers we have captured more tanks that we have received from the Western countries
do we have a protocol at the moment uh listen to this guy
this behind me is Tower 101 very tall office building here in central Kiev
it's one of the first sights I I saw after arriving at the train station it's about
a one minute drive from there just a couple blocks away and uh it was hit by the Russians
the whole side of the building it also struck some of the lower buildings
the homes near the base of it there were casualties I'm not sure how many but
thankfully the entire building was not full at that time you can imagine the
I mean I just there's there's no words you just you look and you see
this area isn't shut down or anything this is still a thriving Central Street in in Kiev
[Music] but what I want to show you today is some of the beautiful architecture that
exists in the center of this amazing City on my way to Kiev when I told uh a friend I was
coming to Kiwi sent me a message and said well welcome to the greatest City on the continent
the continent being Europe Ukraine is not part of the European Union but it's a city
that identifies very much with this continent sees this city Kiev as being a very important
cultural Hub which it clearly is this entire part of the city is is filled with Rich history and
see that little Espresso Bar in the middle of that epic structure behind me
they sure love their coffee in this country that is for sure
Joe you've been to kieva three times yeah many times what's your take on the city well here this
is one of the ancient I mean right this church that we just looked at St Michael's golden dome
Monastery this church originally is was a thousand years old but the Soviets destroyed the entire
Place wow in the 90s they rebuilt it the key is it's a mystical City I mean it's it's older by
the way than Moscow older older than Russia back to Russia would perhaps like people to forget
well yeah yeah but I think it's part of the reason why Putin wants to keep so much because it is the
spiritual home of the Slavic people and as we'll see up here there's a statue of Vladimir the Great
he was a great Slavic Prince and King that brought Christianity to this region so this was the heart
of the the people called Kevin Roos it was a huge Empire a thousand years ago and and this city
still has key as you'll see Dan as we go around I think you'll I mean it's a very modern city like
for example we took the train and you just put your debit card to get through the you don't have
to buy a ticket yeah it's very modern but it's also so uh as a city with a deep and ancient soul
if you're speaking Russian you'd say Vladimir but you couldn't even blow the mirror the great
this is what the Kevin Roost became baptized as Christians right here at the spot you know in the
summertime Before the War uh the beaches would be crowded because you can swim in the water
wow uh ukrainians who died in the first eight years of the war so from 2014 after Russia took
a Mia plus she's doing best and also ukrainians who died in the hunters who died in the revolution
oh first alarm since last Wednesday yeah a bit a bit of a bit of a bit of strange symbolism here
just as Joe was pointing out uh we're passing by a monument to fallen soldiers from the past
over the past eight years I I've just heard my first air alarm here in Kiev
I don't need to really say anything you can hear it for yourselves
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do we have protocol at the moment uh listen let's listen to the sky no reason you see
no one runs yeah no one runs is that now I'm running and non-tranic that gives everyone yeah
um so up here these are cashew Russian tanks and you'll see as we turn left you'll see the
other that this is the original uh Saint Sophia this is sort of the heart of Slavic it is the
heart of Slavic Christianity um it was modeled after higher Sophia and Istanbul is built over
a thousand years ago this church is older than Moscow uh and it's the Cathedral of Saint Sophia
sorry to cut you that's kind of interesting we're seeing an American we're seeing a British flag as
well this is a guy from The Georgian Legion who died um fighting with Ukraine uh they've
been fighting with Ukraine since 2014 but also many Americans have enlisted with them
oh let's see how many of these guys died in 2014. yeah it's
uh
so this is a live update this is the whole of Ukraine which is currently under the uh
the alarm system first time since last week so that that indicates even back in Libya they're
here again this means there's a lot of threat to everything at the moment yeah we we know missiles
that can reach anywhere in Ukraine active so a bit earlier Joe was referencing the revolution
in 2014 we just walked out of the church and we saw these burnt up destroyed uh Vehicles tanks
specifically behind me and I thought they might have been from 2014 but no these are
Russian vehicles from this year which have been captured and they've been left here in central
Kiev as a clear symbol of defiance against the Russian military aggression and it's it's
I mean what else can I say it speaks for itself look at this
so if you can repeat in English huh but uh Putin huilo is uh ukrainians don't
like to swear but they can you can swear by Putin uh as it translates a dick yeah
uh interesting interesting history it was destroyed as a result of an artillery strike on
accumulation of military vehicles in the Russian forces at the Antonov airport nearby hospital it's
a suburb of Keith okay so this is what this is only when they were pushing all the way to kids
yeah yeah so this isn't like a transplant from the East this is like a vehicle that was trying to
take Keith yeah yeah it would have been on it made it to the streets of Kiev fortunately in Ukrainian
hands uh but this is what these are rolling down through the neighborhoods and the educator
that is uh that is something yeah this machine of Terror no dear God
I just got to stop here a moment because this is this is rather surreal I I knew I
knew that I knew that the Russians had been pushing and to capture Kiev what would be a
well that would be their goal right it's the economic center it's the political Center of
this country but I had no idea that Vehicles like this were actually close enough that
this is what the residents of Kiev were dealing with earlier this year
and look at it now
look at this June 2022 it was destroyed during fights in Sumi region
Russian troops have lost more than 50 of these since the invasion another sign of how digitally
proficient we are here in Ukraine QR codes for the information English and Ukrainian they want
to get the information out they want people to understand what's happening to their country
you speak English yes uh you do yes what does this say oh do you know we do not clearly okay oh it's
not it's not Ukrainian Chinese yeah sorry sorry sorry okay this is crazy what did it say uh Joker
The Joker Putin Joker Joker it's from Batman you know yeah it's Joker okay
where are you from from Kiev no I'm from Iran from Kisco region okay wow students
he is American living in Ukraine Ukraine I'm from Canada just visiting wow cool how does it make you
feel to to see this good we get some pleasure used to it it's a pleasure to see Russian technique
wow strange feeling I mean I I feel like I've only seen this in a museum but here we are on
the streets and this is life you know yeah um you should visit our independence day it
was like uh Street of uh thanks so Ukraine has captured huge numbers enormous numbers enormous
numbers we can capture more tanks that we have received from the Western countries
you hear that joke no and he said we've captured more tanks than we've received
from Western countries yeah it's absolutely true in America left more in Afghanistan than
we've given to Ukraine but I hope we give more we need more High Mars and
we need longer range weapons yeah yeah but uh yeah I got stuck here when the pandemic started and I
realized it was the freest country in the world and I'm a journalist but uh now I'm volunteering
to help and uh we Ukrainian freedomnews.com and uh sharing the truth of Ukraine to America so yeah
he has been teaching me Ukrainian history and like this guy has learned a lot about this country it's
it's really cool so I am making YouTube series about Ukraine trying to show people what life
is like today what channel uh the channel yeah the name is the new travel the new travel yeah
yeah one thing I ask when I meet people is what do you love about Ukraine I guess people the people
yeah very good people what do you think hello Army and our defense is pretty good so yeah
yeah quiz and I think the cuisine yeah what's your favorite food from Ukraine
I love Ukrainian food at all general in general yeah yeah
I came into many countries but I realized afterwards how tasty our food is at home
it's about 15 minutes after hearing my first air siren alarm so that that is the anti-missile
defense system which indicates that something is coming in from Russia it actually sounded for the
entire country this time a bit of a surreal feeling I mean a part a part of me is trying
to show you these beautiful buildings around but at the same time you have this background feeling
but I do have to point out this gorgeous building directly across the street I
mean just look at that entrance way I've never seen anything like that in my life
[Music] a bit of music in the park as you can see life continues on [Music]
what is your name my name is Alyssa and are you from Kiev I'm not from Kim but I moved here in
2007 I guess so yeah and the living here for quite a bit now great Justin here is my family
and what do you love about Ukraine uh well I love people of Ukraine of course because the
dignity we have and you know The Bravery it's it's outstanding and it goes back to uh ancient
you know Old Times our in our history it's uh all through our history and we had some really
difficult times and not just now but yeah this dignity and bravery that was always with our
people and generosity also so yeah I stay here and I love my country because of the people
first of all it's beautiful thank you thank you I hope this helps is there anything else
you would like to say to viewers from another country at this time yeah I'd like to say uh
to all who support us thanks a lot because this means so much like you know like for people who
are living and staying abroad because they are afraid for their kids for their lives there are
so many people who share their homes who give jobs to these people like and just support you
know like moral early and this is like impressive and so precious and we actually valued that a lot
and for all those people who come to Ukraine who want to witness like you just like you who want
to witness with their own eyes what's like to be uh in to live in these difficult times in in this
context we appreciate that a lot because you are the the words you you speak to the world and show
what's going on here and to everyone else who just has the support in their heart thank you so much
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