Ukrainian delivers meals, medication in Kyiv, says metropolis is ‘not afraid,’ ‘able to struggle’
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When missiles first hit Ukraine, like many Kyiv residents, Oleksandr Prokhorenko’s first response was to run and conceal.
However one thing stopped him.
“I believed to myself: ‘Who am I if I’m going to go away these folks?'” Prokhorenko instructed Fox Information whereas strolling by way of the middle of Kyiv.
“You cannot think about how many individuals are in want,” Prokhorenko stated.
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That is why he determined to remain within the nation’s capital, the place he was born and raised. Prokhorenko, who owns a number of Kyiv eating places, has spent the final a number of days delivering meals and medication to sheltering Ukrainians, together with most cancers sufferers and the aged.
“You possibly can run, however you by no means will escape your self,” Prokhorenko stated.
A household Prokhorenko helped in Kyiv, Ukraine
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko )
Russia invaded Ukraine practically two weeks in the past. Prokhorenko stated he is been impressed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s management. Zelenskyy has additionally vowed to remain in Kyiv.
On this March 8, 2022, picture from video supplied by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Workplace and posted on Instagram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine.
(Ukrainian Presidential Press Workplace by way of AP)
Zelenskyy filmed a video Monday from his Kyiv workplace saying “I am not hiding” and “not afraid of anybody.” In a speech Tuesday, Zelenskyy stated, “we are going to struggle until the tip, at sea, within the air. We’ll proceed combating for our land, no matter the price.”
A volunteer cuts bread in Kyiv, Ukraine
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko)
“At present I had solely six volunteers” and “we delivered 25 parts of packed meals to previous people who find themselves alone,” the restaurateur stated.
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A lady Prokhorenko helped in Kyiv, Ukraine
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko)
He stated he delivered “medication to girls with youngsters, folks in poor health with most cancers.” Prokhorenko instructed Fox Information the “eyes” of these receiving his assist “saying thanks” have been indescribable.
Prokhorenko stated Ukrainians’ reactions to receiving meals have been indescribable
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko)
Prokhorenko makes use of Instagram to assist join folks with completely different gadgets they want. Quickly, many individuals began reaching out to him, asking for different duties.
“Are you able to do that, are you able to do that?” Prokhorenko quoted.
Prokhorenko stated he has delivered medication to girls and their youngsters
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko)
“So long as I am right here, I’ll by no means stand and watch. I’ll assist,” he stated.
Prokhorenko delivering meals to folks in Kyiv
(Oleksandr Prokhorenko)
Prokhorenko could not discover the phrases to explain how folks nonetheless residing in Kyiv felt.
“It is ache, anger, worry, braveness,” he stated. “There ought to be a phrase for this sense.”
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“I would not want for anybody to really feel what we really feel now,” Prokhorenko continued.
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a hearth after a chemical warehouse was hit by Russian shelling on the japanese frontline close to Kalynivka village on March 08, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
(Photograph by Chris McGrath/Getty Pictures)
Whereas Kyiv stays below Ukrainian management, its suburbs have more and more seen indiscriminate Russian assaults.
Ukrainian cops assist a lady fleeing because the artillery echoes close by in Irpin, within the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Emilio Morenatti)
“The entire metropolis is ready to provide a struggle,” Prokhorenko instructed Fox Information whereas strolling by way of abandoned streets.
“I do not wish to do that, but when somebody threatens my independence, my folks, then sure I am able to take a gun to guard,” he instructed Fox Information. “To not kill however to guard. That is the distinction between us.”
Russia is “making an attempt to invade. They’re killing our girls, they’re killing our kids, killing civilians, destroying … all the pieces we constructed,” Prokhorenko stated.
Prokhorenko known as on Russians to take higher motion to cease Putin. A few of his mates from Moscow have requested him: “‘What ought to we do?'”
Prokhorenko’s response: “What must you do? Go on the streets, our persons are stopping tanks with their our bodies as a result of they aren’t afraid.”
“Russian persons are afraid to be crushed. We aren’t afraid, we aren’t afraid,” he instructed Fox Information.
“We’re able to struggle. If I’ve to struggle, I will struggle.”
Members of the Ukrainian navy arrive to strengthen a ahead place on the japanese frontline close to Kalynivka village on March 08, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
(Photograph by Chris McGrath/Getty Pictures)
The Kyiv native additionally pleaded for the world to do extra.
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“All people ought to know that the third world conflict has began,” Prokhorenko stated. “And all of us must cease it, not simply us. We’re all in peril.”
Prokhorenko stated he felt the “entire world helps us” “and standing behind us,” however requested that nations ship extra weapons and supply higher funding. He additionally requested for NATO to impose a no-fly zone and for the U.S. to ship troops.
As he pointed his digicam to a gothic constructing in Kyiv, Prokorenko hoped, “sooner or later,” everybody would be capable to come to Ukraine and “see how stunning our folks,” “our capital” and “all the pieces about this nation is.”
