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It's really strong, the symbol of not giving up, to continue to live, despite everything.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
We gathered in our kitchen and he was absolutely calm. He was like, "Right, okay, so I'll join the army. I'll go to fight."
Daria Pyrozhenko -
Some people died in order other people have a chance, you know, to move on, to move further.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
And that monument stays for all of their little angels who who didn't have the time to live, but who weren’t born because of Russia.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
I can't afford myself to think or to have plans in the future so I live right now in this particular day.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
He transferred from a young boy for me to an independent warrior, soldier, man.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
So, yearly we go to the shooting range and my brother leads us. It's very surreal.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
Kids go to schools in the underground because there are shelters and if something drops from above, you will stay alive.
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They use their anxiety and energy to do something to help other people.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
We were having no, you know, all these basic supplies which we used to take for granted, like the water.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
So the feeling of being war refugee is— it's what I think it will stay with me for really long, long time.
Daria Pyrozhenko -
So right now, the building that was absolutely beautiful, glorious, that was fresh after the redesign, everything, it's just ruins. Absolute ruins.
Daria Pyrozhenko