The young lieutenant says their defiance is simply part of being a soldier. Soldiers like Samoilenko have become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia's invasion. Alexey Kudenko / Sputnik via AP A resistance fueled by spite and a love for family we cannot guarantee their safety when they're in enemy territory." A man hugs a boy on May 1 in an aid post for evacuees from Mariupol. "I hope that the Russians will keep their promise and these people who were evacuated will go to Ukrainian territories and not Russia," Samoilenko said. She is afraid her son will be forced to fight against his own countrymen. One Ukrainian mother, Natalia Demish, who escaped Mariupol in March, says Russian soldiers took her 21-year-old son to Russia. There have been multiple reports of Ukrainians forcefully deported to Russia. It's also important to Samoilenko and his comrades that civilians not be evacuated to Russia or Russian-controlled territories. Dozens of refugees were expected to arrive here from Mariupol, including the Azovstal steel facility, following extensive negotiations between representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This means a lot to us." A boy sits in his family's car at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol and the surrounding towns under Russian control on May 02 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. "They should be evacuated with the wounded. The war between Russia and Ukraine is amplifying daily.Īccording to the UN, over 9 million Ukrainian refugees have crossed the border and millions remain displaced internally in the war-torn country."These bodies will be evacuated with the rest of the garrison," he added. Ms Zelenska, who has risen in prominence during the war, also conducted a meeting with US president Joe Biden, Antony Blinken Secretary of State, and America’s First Lady, Jill Biden. Many key members of the American Congress have been fundamentally understanding of Ukraine’s need for more weapons and security - as of now, an estimated 8 billion dollars has been donated to Ukraine. Weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else’s land but to protect one’s home and the right to wake up alive in that home.” There will be no more airstrikes, no more missile strikes.’ Is this too much to wish for?”. The First Lady further stated during her address that “We want every father and every mother to be able to tell their child, ‘Go to sleep peacefully. A photograph of her was also shown to congress. Oleksandra displayed pictures and videos of children in Ukraine who were injured or murdered during the bloody conflict, in a 15-minute address to the American congress on Wednesday.įour-year-old Liza Dmytriyeva was murdered in a missile strike by Russia in the central-western city of Vinnytsia. The first lady also has another child, an 18-year-old daughter named Oleksandra, who described the suffering and trauma of other children and parents during the war in her US visit. “And that’s what I really want to ensure is that the childhood of my son is given back to him, and that he enjoys his life to the fullest.” I cannot bring him back to doing arts and humanities.” He learned English.” However, since Russia’s war in the Ukraine, she said: “obviously he wants to be a soldier. Regarding her son’s reaction to the five-month conflict with Russia, she exclaimed “Before the war, my son used to go to the folk-dance ensemble. Like her husband, Volodymyr Zelensky, the first lady has also asked for help concerning weapons and she especially stressed the need for more weapons during a recent trip to the US. She further stated that it was her hope that the childhood of her son would be “given back” to him. Ms Zelenska said one major wish her son currently has is learning “martial arts and how to use a rifle”, in an interview with the UK’s BBC. Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s First Lady, has stated that the war in her country has inspired her 9-year-old son to want to be a soldier.
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