WHAT WE JUST HEARD MOMENTS AGO
AS THE CITY OF LVIV DECLARED AN
ALL CLEAR AFTER THE AIR RAID
SIREN WENT OFF ABOUT AN HOUR
AGO.
IT WORKS IN TWO WAYS.
YOU GET THE AIR RAID SIREN, AND
YOU GET THE ALL CLEAR.
A SOUND SIMILAR, BUT EVERYBODY
HERE HAS AN APP THAT TELLS THEM
TAKING ANY CHANCES.
SHE'S HEADING BACK TO POLAND
TOMORROW.
>> LET'S JUST DISCUSS A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS.
JUST BEFORE WE GOT ON AIR, YOU
AND I BOTH HEARD AERATES
SIRENS.
THERE IS AN APP THAT PEOPLE
HAVE HERE THAT TELLS YOU IT IS
STILL ACTIVE.
WHILE WE ARE ON THE AIR, IT
COULD HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT NOW.
IT COULD HAPPEN IN HALF AN
HOUR.
WE WILL GET ANOTHER SET OF
SIRENS THAT ARE MEANT TO
INDICATE THAT THERE IS AN ALL
CLEAR.
THE APPLE TURNED FROM GRID TO
GREEN.
WHAT DOES THE AIR RAID SIREN ACTUALLY TELL US?
ACTUALLY TELL US?
>> WELL, THE ARID SIRENS COVERS
A LARGE SWATHE OF TERRITORY.
IT'S NOT JUST LIVE IF, IT
COVERS A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORING
VICINITIES AROUND LVIV.
SO, IT COULD BE SOMETHING
INCOMING ANYWHERE IN A LARGE
REGION.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU
MENTIONED, WHEN THAT FIRST
DIAMOND COMES ON, IT IS TELLING
PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOTEL
ROOMS, LEAVE THEIR APARTMENTS,
AND GO TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER
THAT IS CLOSE TO THEM.
MOST OF THESE PLACES ARE NOT
BOMB SHELTERS.
THEY ARE JUST BASEMENTS.
SO, IT IS QUITE A BASIC SHELTER,
JUST SEEK COVER FROM FLYING
DEBRIS OR SOMETHING.
BUT IF SOMETHING WERE TO LAND
RIGHT ON TOP OF ONE OF THOSE
SHELTERS, IT IS NOT GOING TO
GIVE THE PEOPLE MUCH
PROTECTION.
SO, ONCE THEY HEAR THAT FIRST
AIR RAID SIREN, DOWN TO THE
SHELTERS, AND THEN, AS YOU
MENTIONED, YOU WILL GET A
SECOND AERATE SYRIAN AND A
WARNING TELLING YOU THAT IT IS
SAFE AND YOU CAN LEAVE THOSE
SHELTERS.
BUT THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE
CAUSES OF ANXIETY FOR ALL THOSE
PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE HERE IN
LVIV.
THEY HAVE ESCAPED THESE
TERRIBLE SITUATIONS AND THE
EAST, MARIUPOL, WHICH 90% OF IT
HAS BEEN DECIMATED.
THEY ARE FEELING SOMEWHAT SAFE
HERE.
MANY OF THEM MOTHERS WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN, ELDERLY PEOPLE.
SO, 3:30 IN THE MORNING WHEN
YOU HEAR AN AIR RAID SIREN, YOU
ARE WOKEN UP WITH A BIT OF A
SHOCK, YOU HAVE TO SHUFFLE DOWN
INTO A BASEMENT.
IT'S USUALLY DARK.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU
HAVE TO STAY THERE.
AND THAT I'M NERVOUS PEOPLE.
IN A PLACE THEY ARE MEANT TO
FEEL SAFE.
>> AND I CAME IN TODAY DURING
THE DAY AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE CITY
THAT YOU WOULD THINK IT'S A
CITY UNDER SIEGE OR UNDER
ATTACK.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING ABOUT
THEIR LIVES.
IT'S QUITE BUSY, IT'S A
STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL CITY,
ARCHITECTURALLY.
BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE
PLACES PEOPLE GO, INTO THE
SHELTERS.
I THINK THERE IS ONE RIGHT OVER
YOUR SHOULDER THERE.
THEY'RE JUST COMMON PLACES.
THEY ARE NOT BUNKERS,
TYPICALLY.
>> EXACTLY.
THEY ARE NOT BONKERS.
JUST WHERE YOU, ARE I WAS
STANDING AT THE LOCATION THAT
YOU'RE REPORTING FROM RIGHT
NOW.
THE NEAREST ARID SHELTER TO YOU
IS THAT SCHOOL JUST OPPOSITE
YOU.
AND THE ARID SHELTER ISN'T A
GYMNASIUM, IN THE BASEMENT OF
THAT BUILDING.
AND YOU SEE THE LOOK OF ANXIETY
OF PEOPLE HAVING TO GO THERE,
THEY LOOK KIND OF SHOCKED
COMING DOWN THE LIFT.
CARRYING WHATEVER THEY COULD
SCRAMBLE TO GATHER, THEIR
CHILDREN, MANY OF THEM WITH OUR
PATHS, DOGS, CATS, ARE GOING
INTO THESE PLACES AND WONDERING
HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO STAY
THERE.
AND EVEN WORSE, WONDERING, OH
MY GOODNESS, IT'S LVIV NOW A
TARGET?
WILL WE GET HIT THE SAME WAY WE
GOT HIT IN KYIV?
IN MARIUPOL?
IN KHARKIV?
IT IS A VERY UNNERVING
SITUATION.
YOU MENTION THE ONE BEHIND ME,
AS SOON AS I HEARD THE AIR RAID
SIREN, I STEPPED OUT INTO THE
BALCONY AND YOU COULD SEE
PEOPLE SORT OF DAZED A LITTLE
BIT.
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