-My name is Sviatoslav Syrotiuk.
My call sign is Ir.
I'm 17.
At present, I'm an archaeology student
of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
I joined three days ago.
My mother understood it was important.
She's surely worried,
just like any mother would be, but she understands
that I'm making a contribution to our state and that's why,
even though she worries about me,
she knows that it's the right decision.
With the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014,
just like many other boys,
I went to scout camps and, at one of them, at age eight,
I learned how to handle and use weapons.
I'm now trying to pass these skills
to those who haven't handled weapons until now.
I feel my ancestors.
I feel the rebellious blood in my veins
of those who fought for an independent Ukraine.
We are all uniting and realizing how close to one another we are.
And I will not lay down my arms
until Russian troops are driven out of Ukraine.
-My name is Nazarenko Volodymyr.
[I was] platoon commander of the artillery intelligence
in the Donbas war in 2014-2015.
For five years, I have been a deputy.
Now I'm a businessman.
I came five hours after they announced the enlisting.
When every man in the Ukraine took a weapon,
it made our army much bigger, more motivated.
We are building fortifications
with hands, with cars, and shovels.
We're part of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine,
so it supplies us with anything necessary.
Everything else comes from volunteers.
Just now, they've brought milk, fruits, and pizza.
[group singing in foreign language]
-We are helping our soldiers.
We're helping our people.
We're actually sick of sitting at home and doing nothing.
[singing in foreign language]
We are preparing food for our soldiers that defend our city,
like not the army, but the Territory Defense,
and then, we will transport the food to them.
We're making traditional Ukrainian food, vareniki,
filled with potato to meat, or even cheese.
I'm staying here with my mom, dad, with my whole family,
my two sisters.
[laughter]
We decided to stay and help the people who need it.
I think that's the right thing to do.
[singing in foreign language]
We sing the traditional Ukrainian songs all together
and that's kind of heartwarming.
[singing in foreign language]
Of course, that's really tough and scary,
to hear all the explosions, but more scarier is
that you get used to it and sometimes
when you hear loud bombs, loud explosions,
you just sit and think, "Well, that's happening again."
So, maybe this time, I will not go to the shelter.
Maybe it will just pass by.
As any Ukrainian people, I'm...
very angry.
I'm furious and I want them to go back to their country.
Just do whatever you want in your country.
This is my home.
and I will defend it by any ways I can.
I wanted to join the Territory Defense,
but my parents wouldn't let me.
I really wish that I could do more,
but, right now, I do whatever I can,
whatever my parents let me.
-[speaking foreign language]
[laughter]
-Yep, that's my mom.
-[laughs]
She wouldn't let me go to the Defense.
-[laughs]
[indistinct conversation]
[vehicle door closes]