Aleve it, and see what's possible.
HERE IN LVIV, LIFE FEELS Aleve it, and see what's possible.
HERE IN LVIV, LIFE FEELS
ORDINARY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
DAY, BUT THIS COSMOPOLITAN CITY
HAD BEEN MOSTLY SPARED FROM
RUSSIAN ATTACKS UNTIL SATURDAY,
WHEN MISSILES CAME RAINING DOWN
IN TWO STRAIGHT SEPARATE
STRIKES.
NO ONE WAS KILLED, BUT THE
FEELING OF SECURITY HAS BEEN
SHATTERED FOR MANY UKRAINIANS,
INCLUDING THOSE WHO FLED FROM
THE EAST, WHO SOUGHT REFUGE IN
LVIV, WHICH IS JUST AN HOUR
FROM THE POLISH BORDER.
THERE ARE SIGNS OF WAR HERE,
BUT LIFE GOES ON UNTIL THE
EVENING CURFEW.
THIS GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FLED
KYIV, AFTER AIRSTRIKES HIT THAT
CITY.
>> YOU DECIDED TO COME HERE TO
ESCAPE THAT, NOW IS HAPPENING
HERE?
>> YEAH, IN THE THIS MOMENT,
WE'RE LIKE WHERE CAN WE GO FOR
A SAFE PLACE, AND THERE IS NO
SAFE PLACE AND UKRAINE.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR THE ALARM, THE
SIRENS, IF THERE'S A SIREN
RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU KEEP
DRINKING YOUR COFFEE NEEDING
YOUR CAKE?
>> NO.
>> YOU GET UP, AND LEAVE.
>> GO HIDE SOMEWHERE.
>> THEN, JUST MOMENTS AFTER WE
LEFT THEM, BUT WE GOT AS A
TYPICAL DAY RIGHT HERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF LVIV, THE AIR RAID
SIRENS HAVE JUST BEGUN, THEY'VE
JUST GONE ON.
THERE ARE USUALLY TWO SETS, THE
STARTING SET WHERE THEY
ANNOUNCED PLEASE TAKE SHELTER,
THERE IS AN AIR RAID, THERE
WILL BE ANOTHER SET IN HALF AN
HOUR, OR WHENEVER THEY
DETERMINED THAT THERE ISN'T A
STRIKE, AND THAT WILL BE THE
RETURN TO YOUR ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S AN APP THAT EVERYBODY
CARRIES WITH THEM THAT GOES RED
WHEN THERE IS AN AIR RAID LIKE
THIS.
THIS SIREN INDICATES THAT THERE
IS AN ACTUAL ERROR RATE.
YOU SEE PEOPLE START TO
DISPERSE, THEY START TO HEAD TO
PLACES IN SHELTERS.
A LOT OF THESE STORIES AROUND
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT, NOW IN THIS
CAFÉ DISTRICT, HAVE A SHELTER
IN THEM.
THEY ARE NOT REAL BUNKERS THAT
ARE DESIGNED FOR AN ATTACK, BUT
THERE ARE IN A BASEMENT.
YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO
NOTHING, THEY DON'T CHANGE YOUR
BEHAVIOR AT ALL.
THEY'RE GONNA, STAY THERE GONNA
BE WALKING AROUND THE STREETS,
AND BASICALLY UNTIL LAST
WEEKEND, THAT'S HOW IT WENT.
BECAUSE, WHEN THERE WAS AN AIR
RAID SIREN, IT COMES WITH A
VERY LARGE AREA, IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THERE IS A
MISSILE OR SOMETHING HEADING IN
THIS DIRECTION.
BUT YOU CAN, SEE THEIR PEOPLE
GRABBING EACH OTHER'S HANDS,
MOVING A LITTLE QUICKLY, GOING
INTO THE SHELTERS, RETURNING
HOME, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE STAYING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW,
HOPING IT WILL PASS IN A FEW
MINUTES.
THIS IS STILL A CITY THAT IS
THOUGHT OF, BY THE PEOPLE HERE
AS SAFE.
MANY OF THEM ARE NOT FROM HERE,
THEY COME FROM PIT LACES LIKE
KYIV, OR PLACES FURTHER EAST
WHERE THERE HAS BEEN ACTUALS
SHELLING'S.
SO THEY FEEL THAT THIS IS
ACTUALLY RELATIVELY SAFE SPACE
TO BE, DESPITE THE ARYAN
SIRENS.
>> BUT NOT EVERYONE FEEL SAFE,
ONCE THE SIRENS BEGAN BLARING,
WE DISCOVERED THIS FAMILY HAD
SCRAMBLED FOR COVER IN THIS
CONGRESS SHELTER.
--
THE BESIEGED NORTHEASTERN
UKRAINE TOWN OF SUMY, NEAR THE
RUSSIAN BORDER.
>> IT WAS A VERY TERRIBLE
SITUATION, IT WAS VERY SCARY,
SO WE HAD TO LEAVE.
OUR HOME AND OUR EARLY REGION.
>> SAYING THIS SHELTER WITH
THEIR KIDS, IT FELT LIKE A WAR
WAS FOLLOWING THEM.
>> A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE HEARD
THE ARID SIRENS, IS HOW YOU
CAME UNDER HERE?
>> YES, OF COURSE.
YOU SAVE OUR LIVES, AND OUR
CHILDREN.
NOW WE PLAN TO STAY HERE, WE
HOPE THAT THE SITUATION MAY BE CHANGED.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND GO TO
--
FAR FROM THE CITY.
>> IN JUST ONE AFTERNOON.
THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE
CITY, CAN BE SURREAL, BUT SOME
UKRAINIANS HERE ARE DETERMINED
TO NOT LET AWARD CHANGE THEIR
ROUTINE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST
SITTING OUTSIDE ON A SPRING DAY
WITH COFFEE, AND SOME CAKE.
>> YOUR LIFE IS NOT GONNA
CHANGE, YOUR COFFEE --
THEY'RE TEACHING ME ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS.
LET'S LIVE TOGETHER, LET'S LIVE
TOGETHER.
A SNAPSHOT OF LIFE HERE IN LVIV,