TURMOIL IN THE UKRAINE / RUSSIA AGGRESSION

[Duchess]

It's admirable the way ordinary Ukrainian citizens are learning to use arms to protect their Capitol.

I watched some of the interviews that are being done at the border. No male 18-60 is allowed to leave. I saw an 18 year boy who took his mother to the border to make sure she arrived safely and he was returning to fight for his country. He looked like a boy, he sounded like a boy. He was asked if he was scared. I saw terror written all over his face.

I saw a man who was born in Ukraine, but now lives in Austria, he had a good job and he was raising his family there, but now he is at the border. When asked why he came, his voice broke when he said he loves his country and he was going to fight for her.

All of the interviews were saddening, truly awful, and then I saw an old woman trying to flee with her cat in her arms and I cried.