(19 Nov 2024)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 19 November 2024
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1. Wide of Kyiv’s central Independence Square
2. Wide of city center building roofs with Ukrainian flags
3. Various of rally by relatives of prisoners of war (POW) next to Kyiv’s government district
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tetiana Mozol, 38, wife of a Ukrainian POW:
“I am waiting for my husband, and his 75 brothers in arms, to return from captivity. They were captured on the very first day of invasion. They were taken prisoner at Chernobyl nuclear power plant.”
5. Mid of protesters
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tetiana Mozol, 38, wife of a Ukrainian POW:
“You can say that our lives have stopped. Without our close ones it simply stopped.”
7. Various of Halyna Saienko, 66, standing at Maidan memorial in Kyiv city center
8. Close of bricks and flowers laid out at Maidan memorial
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Halyna Saienko, 66, displaced from Donetsk region:
“How can one bomb its brotherly country, Ukraine, sitting in Moscow? Firing S-200 and S-300 missiles, “Grad” rockets at defenseless people? I never expected Putin to do such a terrible thing, to his brotherly Ukraine.”
10. Various of flag memorial commemorating soldiers who died defending Ukraine in Kyiv’s central Independence Square
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Valentyn, no last name given, 41, post worker:
“It’s impossible to live without any plans, so I always have a plan for the two-three days ahead. But for a longer perspective, I don’t make any plans. We are still waiting for our victory, otherwise it will be a catastrophe.”
12. Various of man walking near memorial
STORYLINE:
A group of relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war gathered at a rally in Kyiv on Tuesday to remember their loved ones as the full-scale Russian invasion reached its 1,000th day.
Tetiana Mozol’s husband was taken alongside 75 others on the first day of the full-scale invasion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
“You can say that our lives have stopped," Mozol said as she gathered with others at the rally. "Without our close ones it simply stopped.”
At the Maidan memorial dotted with flowers and flags, Halyna Saienko, a 66-year-old internally displaced resident of Donetsk region, stood in reverence.
“I never expected Putin to do such a terrible thing, to his brotherly Ukraine," she lamented.
Post worker Valentyn, meanwhile, surveyed a flag memorial commemorating soldiers who died defending Ukraine in Kyiv’s central Independence Square.
Before Russia’s invasion, this was an ordinary green lawn in the heart of Ukraine’s capital. Tourists would visit to take photos, and locals would stroll there on weekends.
But 1,000 days of war have transformed it into a makeshift memorial, dotted with blue-and-yellow flags — each honoring a soldier who died fighting Russia. Many were volunteers who left their civilian lives behind to answer to defend their country.
Their loved ones, left alone with grief, hope their sacrifices won’t be forgotten.
They plant small, simple flags, hand-marked with the names and dates they died. Over time, the flags have multiplied, fluttering in the wind as the seasons change and the war drags on.
Valentyn said that despite the uncertainty brought on by the relentless conflict, he continued to make plans but only for the following 2 or 3 days.
"For a longer perspective, I don’t make any plans," he added. "We are still waiting for our victory, otherwise it will be a catastrophe.”
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