Article 696E0 One year on, Ukrainians are full of anger and a sense of duty. But the overriding feeling is guilt | Nataliya Gumenyuk

One year on, Ukrainians are full of anger and a sense of duty. But the overriding feeling is guilt | Nataliya Gumenyuk

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Nataliya Gumenyuk
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Be it in Ukraine fighting for our country, or elsewhere having fled, there is too often a sense that we have not done enough

During the first months of the Russian invasion, in one of the frontline villages in the southern Kherson region, I met several firefighters - ordinary Ukrainian men in their 40s or 50s. Their prewar tasks involved putting out fires in the local wood or occasionally buildings.

Since the Russian invasion, they save houses burning from missiles and retrieve their dead neighbours. One of the men began to cry during our conversation. He left embarrassed, but shortly returned. I comforted the firefighters, explaining that even governors and mayors sometimes sob during interviews.

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