House of Ukraine Event: Believe in Ukraine

The House of Ukraine in Balboa Park is holding an event honoring sacrifice after two years of war.

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NOW, BACK OVER TO YOU. CHRISSY. THANK YOU. TOMORROW MARKS 2 YEARS SINCE RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND THE HOUSE OF UKRAINE IS HOLDING AN EVENT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH HOPE. WE HAVE VARIOUS COPE WITH US THIS MORNING AND YOU’LL BE APPROACHED CO

JOINING US. LADIES, GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING I DO IN THE NAMES, BY THE WAY. GREAT. GREAT. THAT’S WHAT I’M YOU KNOW TO 2 YEARS OF HARD TO BELIEVE. >> THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, COUPLE OF MONTHS DRAGGED ON IT SEEM LIKE

UNBELIEVABLE IN AND NOW WE’RE 2 YEARS INTO GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. >> IT’S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER OF STILL REMEMBER THAT FIRST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IT ACTUALLY. WHEN WHEN THE

BOMBING MY FRIEND CALLED ME TO CALL MY FAMILY. I STILL HAVE FAMILY IN KHARKIV. CALLED MY SISTER AND SHE SHE WAS JUST IN SHOCK AND SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. AND SHE SHE WAS NUMB. SHE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE AND

WE’LL HAVE TO TELL HER TO DO BASIC THINGS. JUST GO AND GET TO DOCUMENTS GOING. PREPARE FOOD. WE’VE GOT KIDS AND WE COULD SEE THE SKY LIGHTING UP AND THE BACKGROUND BECAUSE WE’RE YOU KNOW, LIFE WITH HER LIKE ON FACETIME. THE SAME

THING HAPPENED WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MY DAD, BUT HE WAS ALREADY MORE PREPARED YOU KNOW, WHEN CALLED HIM. AND THE FIRST WOMAN’S THE FIRST DAYS. THAT WAS THE DESPAIR AND FEAR. BUT SEEING SOCIETY MOST MY FRIENDS JUST WANT TO VOLUNTEER

TO KING MILITARY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY CRANE WITH ARMED FORCES, THERE’S A LOT OF HOPE WE KNOW WE’RE GOING WIN. WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHEN. YEAH, HOPEFUL. AND VERA. PULSE OF REALLY THE IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE. IN THE WE’VE

BEEN MORE RIGHT. AND I GETTING A TEXT TO A FRIEND OF MINE AND IN KIEV AND I HAVE BEEN HEARING ON THE NEWS THAT THE WE’RE WE’RE VERY CLOSE BY WHERE HE WAS NICE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO LEAVE. IT’S

FICTION FOR ME. SO YOU TO LEAVE AND HE AND THEY DID THAT. THEY LEFT IN THAT TOWN ACTUALLY WHEN THEY CAME BACK, HAD BEEN HAD BEEN RANSACKED AND IT WAS VERY GOOD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TO ESCAPE. SO IT WAS IT AND THAT CONTINUES.

THING IS IT JUST CONTINUES. WE DON’T HEAR IT ON THE NEWS, BUT CIVILIANS ARE BEING TARGETED. HAD ANOTHER FRIEND WHO LIVES IN WESTERN UKRAINE WITH DOESN’T IT? AS WINDS ARE MISSILES AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE JUST WOKE UP AND

FELT LIKE PLANE WAS LIKE, WE’RE GOING TO LAND ON OUR ON APARTMENTS JUST CONTINUES. JUST YEAH. IT REALLY NO END IN SIGHT WITH NO END IN SIGHT RIGHT NOW. WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME? JUST CURIOUS THAT EITHER ONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO BACK

TO UKRAINE. I’M JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE JUST WANT A FEW WEEKS AND FOR THE WAR BEFORE THE OK? SO SINCE YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY, WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU TO TO GO BACK? WELL, I GO EVERY 2, 3, I HAVE TO SEE

MY FAMILY. MY YOU KNOW, THE MOVE ISLAM A WE ARE RUNNING OUT OFF. DEFENSE SAID ESSENTIALLY. OUR GUYS ARE BEING WOUNDED IN AND I’M JUST BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE OR TO RACHEL’S. I WAS THERE SO-CALLED RUSSIAN TUITIONS WITH HAD NEW YEAR’S TIMES WHEN

THEY WERE JUST UNLEASHED HUNDREDS OF MISSILES DRONES AT AND YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY EXPERIENCE TO BE WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. FIRST BY SIREN AND THEN, OF COURSE, MY SISTER AND I WERE JUST THINKING MAYBE WE SHOULD

IGNORE IT. AND THEN MY FRIEND WAS THEIR DEFENSE. HE CALLED IT. MICHAEL MEEHAN, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AND HE’S LIKE YOU HAVE TO RON TO SHELTER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE MISSILES ARE COMING EXACTLY YOU AWAY WHERE WE ARE LOCATED AND HE CAN SEE

BECAUSE HE’S HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEFENSE. AND I’M ASKING HIM HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? AND HE SAYS COULD SECONDS TO 2 MINUTES. IT’S -13 IT’S WINTER TIME WHEN JOBLESS, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND WHERE ASKING. WE’RE THINKING

WHAT TO DO SHOULD BE AROUND TOO, A SHELTER, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LIVE 8 8 YEARS DID NOT DURING THE SIRENS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN GET STUCK IN ELEVATOR. SO RUNNING DOWNSTAIRS, WE JUST FIGURED WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. SO WE

WENT TO PASS THROUGH WEEK 7. ABBAS, TOP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, POLICE TOOLS AND PASTA AND RECOVERED WITH A FEW BLANKETS AND PEACE. IF THERE’S ANY ANYTHING, YOU KNOW. PULLS IN A PASS. AND WE THERE WITH MY SISTER AND MY KNEES FOR A FEW

HOURS. BUT THAT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, I CAME THERE JUST MY EXPERIENCE. BUT BUT THIS IS HOW FAMILES ALL THE TIME. THIS CHILDREN BEING WAKING UP AND LOOKING ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT YOUR SAFETY? BECAUSE YOU’RE HERE NOW IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO OUTSIDE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT’S 75 DEGREES. WE JOKE ABOUT IT ON. >> AND THEN CHOOSE TO GO 3 WEEKS AGO INTO A WAR ZONE. WHAT DRIVES YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT KNOWING THAT YOU’RE PUTTING YOUR OWN SAFETY AT RISK?

>> HONESTLY, EASY FOR TO BE THERE TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE. I I FEEL FEEL TO BE IN BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO UKRAINE AND YOU SEE THAT KINDNESS AND ITS STRENGTHS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND THEY’RE SO KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. AND THEY’RE SO

RESILIENT. IT’S SO INSPIRING AND YOU JUST WANT TO HELP ANY WAY YOU CAN AND YOU’RE FINDING WAYS TO HELP HERE. I’M HOUSE OF THE COTTAGE IS DOWN ABOUT PARK AND LOVE. THAT AREA WAS WALKING BY THE HOUSE OF UKRAINE. I THINK IT LAST YEAR.

>> AND EVERYBODY JUST SO KIND HOSPITABLE. IT’S A PLACE REALLY CAN’T ALL CULTURES CAN GET PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHERS YEAR HOSTING AN EVENT. THERE ARE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN HELP HERE IN SAN DIEGO SAID, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU

HAVE PLANNED? CERTAINLY CAN. AND THEY ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. WERE HAVING AN EVENT TONIGHT IS CALLED BELIEVE BELIEVE STARTS TOMORROW FROM 05:00PM TO 08:00PM AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. AND IT’S CALLED BELIEVE IN UKRAINE. IT IS AN EVENT TOO. MARK THE

SECOND YEAR OF THE FULL-SCALE INVASION. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAR HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 10 YEARS. IN 2014 FEBRUARY, CRIMEA WAS ANNEXED BY PREVENTING. SO WE WILL BE MARKING THAT. WE’VE GOT SARAH JACOBS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. WE WILL HAVE POETRY

WILL HAVE MUSIC. AND THAT’S AND IT’S A FUNDRAISER. BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE WE RAISE FUNDS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID. WE HAVE A RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. WE SENT OVER 4 MILLION DOLLARS OF DONATIONS. AND WE

CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND WORLD WERE 100% VOLUNTEER RUN. BUT WE WE WOULD INVITE EVERYBODY TO JOIN US. SHOULD BE A WONDERFUL EVENING. BEFORE WE LET YOU LADIES GO, YOU MENTIONED YOU HIT. YOU HIT ON THIS INTERESTING TOPIC IS

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN 2 YEARS THAT THE NEWS CYCLE IS WHAT IT IS AND KIND OF THINGS GET PUT INTO THE BACK BURNER. >> THERE’S ANOTHER WAR ALREADY STARTED OTHER THINGS HAPPENED. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM? TO CARE

ABOUT THIS IF THEY’RE NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED AS YOU ARE. UKRAINE IS FIGHTING. >> FOR THE SAME VALUES THAT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. PART 2. IT’S PERSONAL FREEDOMS, ITS FREEDOM OF RELIGION AS RUSSIA IS AND ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, THEY’RE

TARGETING PEOPLE WHO GO TO ANY OTHER CHURCH, BOUGHT A RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IT’S FOR REAL DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND FOR THE FUTURE OF THEIR FAMILIES RUSSIA HAS TALKING THE WESTERN VALUES BY ATTACKING UKRAINE ALSO I WOULD SUGGEST COME AND

GET TO KNOW GET COME AND GET TO KNOW UKRAINIAN WE WILL LOVE MEETING PEOPLE WAS PEOPLE WHO COME AND MEET US. THEY NEVER LEAVE AGAIN. YEAH. AND BOTH WITH THE SMILES. THAT’S WHAT GETS YOU BELIEVE IN UKRAINE WITH PUT THE INFORMATION UP

AGAIN. IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW. >> SATURDAY, 05:00PM TO 08:00PM AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. TICKETS ARE $60. KIDS ARE FREE. SPEAKERS MUSIC POETRY IS LIKE EVERYTHING AT THE AND WE WILL HAVE A MESSAGE FROM SCOTT KELLY AND AMERICAN WILL HAVE MESSAGE FROM THE

FRONT LINES TO OUTSTANDING ALL THE INFORMATION WE DID POST ON OUR WEBSITE FOX 5 SANDIEGO DOT COM. WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY RIGHT. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.