I was invited to interview the Mayor of Odesa, Gennadiy Trukhanov.
I asked if he felt safe walking in the streets of his town.
"Of course, somewhere in my heart I'm worried. But I don't have the moral right to show it in public today. So I walk in the park every morning with my dog, unguarded, saying hello to people. Today, for example, I was seen in the park. They see me every morning. If our mayor is walking his dog in the park, they say, then we'll be fine."
Marty Ollstein interviewing Ukrainian Special Ops officer "Uncle Yura" (his 'call sign') in front of a destroyed apartment building in Siversk, Ukraine, only a few miles from the Eastern Front.
"You saw it with your own eyes... there is no kindergarten there anymore. It must have been a cruise missile because there was a crater. It's just horrible.They immediately hit the kindergartens and schools"
Will Ukraine Survive
MAYOR OF ODESA, UKRAINE
I was invited to interview the Mayor of Odesa, Gennadiy Trukhanov.
I asked if he felt safe walking in the streets of his town.
"Of course, somewhere in my heart I'm worried. But I don't have the moral right to show it in public today. So I walk in the park every morning with my dog, unguarded, saying hello to people. Today, for example, I was seen in the park. They see me every morning. If our mayor is walking his dog in the park, they say, then we'll be fine."
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Will Ukraine Survive
ON THE BUS IN ODESA, UKRAINE
A couple comforts each other and carry on with their lives in the midst of the war.
Air raid sirens and bombs are a common occurrence.
Follow Marty's journey through war-torn Ukraine in the upcoming documentary feature film,
"Will Ukraine Survive?".
For more information go to martyollstein.com.
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Will Ukraine Survive
Marty Ollstein interviewing Ukrainian Special Ops officer "Uncle Yura" (his 'call sign') in front of a destroyed apartment building in Siversk, Ukraine, only a few miles from the Eastern Front.
"You saw it with your own eyes... there is no kindergarten there anymore. It must have been a cruise missile because there was a crater. It's just horrible.They immediately hit the kindergartens and schools"
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