WEBVTT - Made with VTT Creator 00:05.489 --> 00:16.003 position:50% align:middle I was in the city of Irpin. And on this day, in the morning, we heard strikes. But these strikes were like... It could have been a construction site. And you woke up to them. 00:16.003 --> 00:26.948 position:50% align:middle But it could have been a bang on some construction site. There was no such [realization] that there was a war. But when I went out on the street... I rode my bike, 00:26.948 --> 00:40.037 position:50% align:middle and all the people were already in line to get out of the city. I was surprised. I didn't realize. Since I don't watch the news at all, I just didn't know what was going on. 00:40.037 --> 00:52.885 position:50% align:middle But I heard from people, of course, that they were bombs. And I thought: "Since it's already a war, I need to get some money". 00:52.885 --> 01:05.802 position:50% align:middle I rode my bike to the bank to withdraw money from my card. And when I was standing in line, There were the first strikes on Hostomel at 3 PM, and it was just [horrible]. 01:05.802 --> 01:16.114 position:50% align:middle We were all standing, and when we saw it... The whole line was standing, and there was like a ravine towards Bucha and Hostomel, like this – and suddenly [a missile] falls. 01:16.114 --> 01:26.746 position:50% align:middle The sound was so scary. Here in Odesa, of course, there was nothing like that. It was a strong strike from a long-range missile. And immediately, there was black smoke, 01:26.746 --> 01:38.107 position:50% align:middle which then rose from this place for probably 4-5 days. So, apparently, they hit some tires, and the smoke was black. It was black smoke that burned for many days in a row. 01:38.107 --> 01:46.824 position:50% align:middle And everybody was just petrified at that moment. I mean, people were standing in line – and [suddenly] everybody went silent. 01:46.824 --> 01:56.975 position:50% align:middle Everyone was silent and didn't even know what to say. Later on, people ran away. But I personally did not run. I did it because it was cold... 01:56.975 --> 02:10.889 position:50% align:middle I am more afraid of the cold than of bombs. At first, when the bombs are falling all the time, you feel such an adrenaline rush, such an energy boost! 02:10.889 --> 02:23.657 position:50% align:middle You are in a kind of happy state, because you have too much adrenaline. It rumbles all the time. I even thought... I had such thoughts that people pay a lot of money 02:23.657 --> 02:36.430 position:50% align:middle to go skydiving or bungee jumping, and here – it's a free event like this. So what? But then, of course, it wasn't as fun as it was at first. 02:36.430 --> 02:49.048 position:50% align:middle When it hit close a couple times, I was shaking for a few days. And then I took valerian for about a year. I was in some kind of a nervous state. 02:49.048 --> 03:00.652 position:50% align:middle And to this day, if there is a strong strike or a sound like... not a bomb, but even just a door slamming, you can start to worry that it might be a bomb. 03:00.652 --> 03:11.810 position:50% align:middle And when you live in a real shelling, you can already hear what kind of missile makes such a sound. And the drones that fly around. You can hear everything. 03:11.810 --> 03:21.800 position:50% align:middle And you even feel – and this is a very interesting observation, by the way – that you have some special abilities when there is a real shelling. 03:21.800 --> 03:36.165 position:50% align:middle That is, a real threat to life opens up some [new] abilities in you. You hear and feel how it flew, what flew... There were about 20 people left in the area. 03:36.165 --> 03:50.245 position:50% align:middle It was just between the forest where the Russians were standing and Romanivka, where Ukrainian troops were based. This was the place, 03:50.245 --> 03:58.106 position:50% align:middle and I was just between [them]. And all these missiles were flying right above you like that. Usually the shelling started already from 4, 5, 6 AM. 03:58.106 --> 04:05.283 position:50% align:middle And after [there were] strikes near me, I already started spending the night [in the basement]. By the way, I have another interesting story. 04:05.283 --> 04:13.667 position:50% align:middle I started spending the night in the basement where everyone was based. Before that, I slept in my apartment. And then I started going there, because 04:13.667 --> 04:24.693 position:50% align:middle this house was being shot at all the time. Because the Ukrainian soldiers had tablets, apparently. And they often slept in our basement. 04:24.693 --> 04:31.112 position:50% align:middle And they (the Russians, from the context?? – editor's note) probably could see programs in these tablets. They saw where these [our??] soldiers were walking, 04:31.112 --> 04:37.097 position:50% align:middle and they started [shelling]. And this house was hit with terrible force. Apparently, they [the Russians??] saw that tablets of [our??] soldiers were there. 04:37.097 --> 04:48.661 position:50% align:middle They saw everything. But this is ridiculous. Phones – they can all be seen. People mostly... You meet a lot of people from Mariupol, from Kherson. 04:48.661 --> 04:56.144 position:50% align:middle But I am like a displaced person in Odesa. Even though I am from Odesa, I have the status of a displaced person. That's why for a while... Then I had... 04:56.144 --> 05:05.527 position:50% align:middle Since Kyiv has already canceled [the status] that they are displaced persons, but nevertheless, at the first moment, I hung out a lot with people who were also moving. 05:05.527 --> 05:16.240 position:50% align:middle I talked a lot with them. Normal, basically. I think people are very... The wisest thing to do is not to pay attention to anything.