[MUSIC] >> REALLY GOT A TASTE OF THE SPIRIT, THE PATRIOTISM OF UKRAINE.

>> THEY NEED TO COME BACK ALIVE.

>> MY PAIN IS BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP THEM.

THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

[MUSIC] [RINGING] >> MAMA.

>> HELLO.

>> MOM.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> ON THE FIRST DAY, WE TALK A LOT.

I'M JUST TEXTING ON THE VIBER.

ARE YOU OKAY?

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

THEY SAY “FOR NOW, IT'S OKAY.

” >> YOU STILL KINDA DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE IT LOOKS INSANE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT?

YOUR HUMAN PART IS SAYING TO YOU IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IN THE 21ST CENTURY, STARTS A WAR AGAINST AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY FULL SCALE.

THE RATIONAL PART IS SAYING THE WAR HAS BEEN GOING FOR EIGHT YEARS ALREADY.

IT'S JUST IN A COLD STATE.

IT'S NOT AN ACTIVE STATE.

THE GOALS PUTIN SET FOR THIS WAR, HE'S LOSING HIS GOALS, SO HE'S TRYING TO MAKE HIS NEXT MOVE.

>> I WOKE UP ONE THURSDAY MORNING AND I HAD MY PHONE.

MY PHONE WAS BLOWING UP.

THERE WERE MANY MESSAGES FROM LOCAL PEOPLE THAT KNEW ME THAT WERE MESSAGING ME TO SUPPORT FROM MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM UKRAINE THAT TOLD ME, "WE WOKE UP TO BOMBING.

WE WOKE UP TO SHOOTING.

” I WAS LITERALLY HEARTBROKEN TO SEE MY COUNTRY BEING JUST DESTROYED.

I FELT HELPLESS.

>> SO, HERE I AM SAFE IN THE UNITED STATES, WATCHING PEOPLE THAT I LOVE HAVING BOMBS DROPPED ON THEM AND HAVING THEIR LIVES TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

I HAD THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS.

THIS IS CHERNIHIV.

THE IS THE CITY WHERE WE TRAIN.

HELPLESSNESS.

WE WERE COMMUNICATING, AND I SAID I'M PRAYING FOR YOU.

PRAYER'S WONDERFUL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ON THE MOST RECENT ZOOM CALL, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS SAID WE HAVE TWO ARMIES.

WE HAVE THE ARMY THAT IS FIGHTING IN OUR DEFENSE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ARMY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRAYING FOR US AROUND THE WORLD.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] HELLO, MY NAME IS OKSANA, AND I'M UKRANIAN.

THIS IS MY FRIEND.

HER NAME IS IRENA.

I LIVE IN COLORADO, DENVER AROUND EIGHT YEARS.

I HAVE MY HUSBAND.

HE'S FROM UKRAINE TOO.

WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

HER NAME IS ELIZABETH.

MY MOM SAID-- SHE CALLED ME.

SHE JUST TOLD ME DON'T WORRY.

EVERYTHIG WILL BE GOOD.

THEY TRY TO BE POSITIVE.

ALL OF MY FAMILY, THEY STAY IN UKRAINE NOW.

MY HUSBAND FAMILY TOO.

US PARENTS, MY SISTER.

MY HEART IS BROKE NOW BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> MY NAME IS TARAS OVERCHUCK.

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM ZHYTOMYR.

ITS NAME ZHYTOMYR OBLAST.

MY MOM AND MY FATHER ARE FROM THAT REGION.

ACTUALLY, MY WIFE IS FROM THAT REGION AS WELL.

IT WAS IN 2012 WHEN MY COMPANY AGREED TO TRANSFER ME AND CAME HERE AND SPONSOR MY GREEN CARDS, SO NOW I'M A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

FOR ME, I DIDN'T SEE THE FUTURE FOR MYSELF, FIRST OF ALL, AND I DIDN'T SEE THE FUTURE FOR MY KIDS.

YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE WHATS GOING ON IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW.

THE COUNTRIES, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ARE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THE SOCIETY COULD BE.

THERE IS NO FREEDOM.

NO FREEDOMS AT ALL.

NOT JUST SPEECH.

EVEN FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO.

>> MY NAME IS KATE BENNETT.

I'M UKRAINIAN AND I MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES FIVE YEARS AGO.

I'VE BEEN IN GRAND VALLEY FOR THREE YEARS.

LAST YEAR, I OPENED NEW WAY REFILLERY.

IT'S ECO-CONSCIOUS BUSINESS THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PLASTIC THAT WE USE, PROVIDES CLEAN INGREDIENT PRODUCTS TO PEOPLE, AND JUST STANDS BY ETHICAL AND CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM.

I REMEMBER PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT IT AS IT WAS ESCALATING ALREADY FOR THE PAST MONTH.

WAS MY FAMILY SAFE?

EVERYBODY WAS LIKE EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE FINE.

I FELT THAT EVERYTHING GONNA BE FINE.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN OUR MODERN DAYS.

>> MY NAME IS, IN UKRAINIAN, ANDRIJ LENEC, AND IT WAS ANGLICIZED AS ANDREW LENEC, AND I GO BY ANDY.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, IN THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY, IN A BICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD.

WE SPOKE UKRAINIAN EXCLUSIVELY IN THE HOUSE.

IT WAS MY FIRST LANGUAGE ACTUALLY.

I WENT TO UKRAINIAN CAMPS IN THE SUMMER, AND I WENT UKRAINIAN SCHOOL ON SATURDAY, AND JUST TOTALLY IMMERSED IN THE CULTURE AND THE LANGUAGE.

MY PARENTS WERE POLITICAL REFUGEES.

AFTER WORLD WAR II, BOTH MY PARENTS WERE FROM WESTERN UKRAINE IN WHAT'S CALLED LVIV OBLAST.

OBLAST IS EQUIVALENT TO A STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.

YOU'RE HEARING A LOT ON THE NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE, REPORTERS IN LVIV AND LVIV OBLAST.

THAT'S WHERE MY PARENTS ARE FROM.

AFTER WORLD WAR II, THEY ESCAPED UKRAINE TO GET AWAY FROM COMMUNISTS.

THERE WERE MAJOR REPRISALS.

MY PARENTS WERE VERY PATRIOTIC.

THEY WOUND UP IN A DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP IN GERMANY WHERE THEY MET EACH OTHER, AND MARRIED, AND EVENTUALLY IMMIGRATED TO UNITED STATES.

I FIRST VISITED UKRAINE, I'LL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD IN 1971.

THE IRON CURTAIN WAS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND WELL.

I WAS RAISED IN THE ROCK 'N' ROLL 70S.

I WENT OVER THERE AND WAS KEPT AT THE AIRPORT CUSTOMS IN MOSCOW FOR THREE HOURS.

EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN OUT OF MY LUGGAGE.

MY SOCKS WERE UNROLLED.

IT WAS A REAL EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE, JUST A CULTURE CLASH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ONCE WE FINALLY MADE IT TO UKRAINE, I WAS ABLE TO MEET YOUNG PEOPLE.

I WAS WITH MY MOTHER AND SHE WENT WITH HER FRIENDS.

SHE LEFT ME WITH COLLEGE KIDS AND WE WOULD SPEND TIME TOGETHER.

I REALLY GOT A TASTE OF THE SPIRIT, THE PATRIOTISM OF UKRAINE AND UKRAINIANS.

IT WAS JUST AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE AND KINDA LEFT ME A BIT CONFUSED TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BUT IT REIGNITED THE FIRE, THE PASSION IN MY SOUL FOR MY CULTURE.

THEN, I RETIRED FAIRLY EARLY.

I WAS IN MY 60S.

I WAS ACTUALLY LISTENING TO NPR AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF ALICE CARTER.

ALICE WAS AN ACTIVE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, THE OLDEST ONE.

I'VE GOT SOMETHING LEFT.

EARLY ON IN LIFE, I THOUGHT ABOUT JOINING THE PEACE CORPS, AND LIFE GOT IN THE WAY.

IT TOOK ME ABOUT 24 HOURS TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

I HIT SEND AND THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS OH MY GOD.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

MY LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

IF YOU THINK THIS IS 2022 THAT AN INVASION LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THAT ONE COUNTRY WOULD, UNPROVOKED, JUST ROLL ITS TANKS AND ARMOR AND START A SHOOTING WAR.

IT WAS UNTHINKABLE.

UNTHINKABLE.

>> USUALLY, THEY ARE FIGHTING A LOT IN NIGHT.

THAT'S HORRIBLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WANT TO SLEEP.

THIS SEVEN NIGHT, YOU DON'T SLEEP.

I DON'T SLEEP HERE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY CAN SLEEP.

MY PAIN IS BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP THEM, BUT UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE HOW-- EVERYBODY WANTS TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED THEY CAN DIE THERE.

MY FAMILY THE SAME, BUT I'M UNDERSTAND THEY'RE JUST TELLING ME NO WORRIES BECAUSE THEY JUST WANNA FEEL ME MORE COMFORT, BUT I'M UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I SAW IT, MY MY MOMS EYES AND SHE JUST TELLS ME NO WORRIES EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD, BUT NOBODY KNOWS.

NOBODY KNOWS.

WHEN THEY START FIGHTING IN FEBRUARY 24 AT 4 AM IN THE MORNING, THAT WAS THE FIRST TOWN THEY STARTED THE FIGHT IN.

IT WAS THEIR FLIGHTS.

WE CALL OUR PARENTS, THEY JUST STARTED RUNNING BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS IN THE FIRE AND THAT'S SO SCARY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PANIC, AND THEY HAVE A FEAR.

MOM JUST CRYING.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO NOTHING.

I'M JUST CRYING, AND TRYING TO NOT CRY, AND CRYING, AND TALK TO SOMEBODY, TALK TO MY MOM IF IT MAKES ME MORE EASY TO FEELING THIS PAIN.

OF COURSE, IT'S A HUGE FEAR INSIDE BECAUSE EVERY SECOND, I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY.

YESTERDAY MORNING, I WAS TEXTING MY FRIEND FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

HE'S NOW IN KYIV.

HE JUST TEXT ME, "I'M SO SCARED.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO STAY ALIVE TOMORROW.

” IT'S SO SCARY.

>> FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SEE THEM DO NOTHING, SO I TRIED TO CONNECT WITH MY FRIENDS, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

MAYBE BRING SOME SUPPLIES, ETC., AND START SOMETHING.

I ASKED MY FRIENDS TO SPREAD THE INFORMATION THAT I'M TRYING TO COLLECT SOME MONEY TO BUY A CAR.

MY PLAN WAS TO BUY A CAR IN POLAND, DRIVE IN BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANE TO UKRAINE.

THE PLAN WAS TO BUY A CAR IN POLAND, DRIVE IN, SPEND SOME TIME, DONATE THE CAR, AND RETURN.

THAT KINDA WAS MY PLAN.

VISIT MY RELATIVES AND SEE WHAT IS NECESSARY THE MOST.

MEET THE MILITARY GUYS.

MEET THE VOLUNTEERS.

FIRST, I CAME TO LVIV, I FOUND A PLACE TO STAY, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY TASK.

LVIV IS OVERCROWDED, AND JUST IN RENTING OR FINDING A ROOM IN ANY KIND OF HOTEL IS IMPOSSIBLE.

IT'S 100 CAPACITY, AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT I WAS THERE.

I DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES FROM MY TRIP, BUT I DID SOME.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE IS ABOUT THIS LINE ON THE BORDER FROM THE POLAND SIDE GOING IN.

THE LINE-- I COULDN'T ACTUALLY SHOW ALL THE LINE.

THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF IT.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING ON A BUS AND THIS HUGE LINE.

THERE'S ANOTHER LINE OF CARS STILL TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

AND SEEING THIS FLOW OF PEOPLE IS ACTUALLY LIKE, I COULDN'T HOLD MY TEARS ACTUALLY.

TO GET TO LVIV, I THINK I HAD LIKE THREE CHECKPOINTS, BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS THAT IT'S CURFEW TIME AT NIGHT.

HOW TO APPROACH THE CHECKPOINTS.

WHAT YOU DO.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST MISTAKE, YOU'RE COMING AND YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHTS ON.

AND APPARENTLY, THE GUYS AT THE FIRST CHECKPOINTS [INDISCERNIBLE] BECAUSE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM POLAND, THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

THEY EXPLAIN THE RULES.

YOU NEED, WHILE YOU'RE APPROACHING THE CHECKPOINT, YOU NEED TO SWITCH OFF YOUR LIGHTS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THE ALARM SYSTEM SO YOU CAN KINDA SHOW YOURSELF AT NIGHT.

YOU NEED TO SWITCH OFF YOUR LIGHTS.

YOU NEED TO SWITCH ON THE LIGHTS IN YOUR CAR SO THEY SEE YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR CAR.

THIS IS THE WAY YOU APPROACH.

OTHERWISE, THEY MAY ACTUALLY CONSIDER YOU TO BE A THREAT.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

I CANNOT SAY IT WASN'T.

I DID FEEL SOME-- I WAS SCARED, BUT I THINK AT THAT MOMENT, IT WAS A MIX OF FEAR AND ANGER, AND FRUSTRATION AS WELL THAT THIS IS ALL HAPPENING.

>> THE MOST HORRIBLE WHEN THEY ASK TO MAKE THE GREEN LINE TO HELP PEOPLE GO.

THEY SAY YES.

AFTER THEY START TO GO, THEY TRY TO KILL THEM.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

HOW?

IT'S LIKE-- >> SO, THEY TRICKED THEM?

>> YES.

THEY'RE A LIAR.

THEY JUST SAY, "COME.

WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU, ” AND THEY JUST KILL THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HELP UKRAINIAN ARMY.

THAT'S WHY THEY KILL THEM.

>> SINCE I MET THE VOLUNTEERS, I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR EMPTY.

I DID BRING SOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LIKE A BIG BAG OF SOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LIKE BANDAGES, SOME TOURNIQUETS, SOMETHING FOR THE FRONT LINE AS WELL FOR FIRST AID.

FIRST AID KITS.

WE OPENED AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE NAMED THE UKRAINE AID FUND.

I THINK WE STARTED IT A COUPLE DAYS AFTER-- I REGISTERED, NOT STARTED.

REGISTERED A COUPLE DAYS AFTER I CAME FROM UKRAINE.

THIS IS OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S UKRAINEAIDFUND.ORG.

AS I SAID, WE OPENED JUST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, BUT WE DO HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] OF DONATION, AS WELL AS WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALLOW OUR DONORS TO DO IS THEY CAN PICK WHERE THEIR MONEY CAN GO.

FOR NOW, WE SPLIT IT TO THREE BUCKETS.

ONE IS, AND THIS WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE, IS SUPPORTING THE TROOPS.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE ANY WEAPONS, BUT WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE TO OUR TROOPS, INCLUDING MEDICAL, AND CLOTHES, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.

>> IT'S SO COLD NOW IN UKRAINE.

I TOLD MY MOM TAKE SOME BLANKETS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO STAY THERE.

PEOPLE IN KYIV, THEY STAY LIKE SEVEN DAYS.

NO FOOD, NO DRINKS, NOTHING.

NOW, THEY NEED ANYTHING, LIKE WARM CLOTHES, FOOD.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THERE, LIKE MY FAMILY, MY MOM SAID WE HAVE SOME GAS IN THE CAR, BUT THAT'S IT.

NO GAS.

THIS WAR IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY COUNTRIES, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST GO AND SAY UKRAINE'S FREE.

UKRAINE'S FREE.

IF YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART TO HELP UKRAINIANS SOMEHOW, YOU CAN JUST SHARE THE TRUTH INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND THEM MONEY, YOU CAN GO TO POLAND AND BE A MISSIONARY.

WHEREVER IN YOUR HEART, PLEASE DO IT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE, THEY JUST NEEDED HELP.

>> I CAN'T GO VOLUNTEER.

I CAN'T DO MUCH.

SO, WHAT IS THERE THAT I CAN DO?

WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL?

I RESEARCH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST GIVE IT A THOUGHT.

WHAT WOULD BE MY PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DONATE.

WHAT WOULD BE MY PRIORITY?

THE REASON WHY WE DONATED TO COME BACK ALIVE IS BECAUSE COME BACK ALIVE IS A COMPANY THAT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE TO COME BACK ALIVE.

I FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME AT THE MOMENT IS THAT PEOPLE WERE JUST UNFAIRLY PUT ON THE FRONT LINE.

THEY NEED TO COME BACK ALIVE.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME, BYE.

>> WE DONATE 100% OF OUR PROFITS OVER THE LAST DAYS OF FEBRUARY RIGHT AFTER THE WAR HAPPENED.

WE RAISED IN TOTAL OVER $2,000.

PEOPLE SHOWED SO MUCH SUPPORT AND LOVE.

I WAS HUGGED.

I WAS GIVEN DIFFERENT, CUTE, SMALL, HANDMADE GIFTS, POSTCARDS, BREAD.

THERE WERE EVEN PEOPLE THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WILL EVER SEE AGAIN, THAT WOULD JUST DROP MONEY IN THE DONATION JAR AND LEAVE WITHOUT ANYTHING TO SAY.

IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

PEOPLE MADE ME CRY.

I WAS CRYING FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

>> WE ARE ALL MOBILIZED.

WE ARE ALL MOBILIZED.

UKRAINIANS OF COLORADO IS WELL POSITIONED.

WE ALL HAVE GREAT CONTACTS IN UKRAINE.

I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL GREAT CONTACTS IN UKRAINE.

IT'S LIKE WHAT DO WE DO?

HOW DO WE TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL FROM A SMALL, AND WE ARE A 501(C)(3), BUT FROM A FAIRLY SMALL, LOCALIZED, AND LOCALLY FOCUSED ORGANIZATION, TO WE NEED TO RAMP UP, WE NEED TO COLLECT MONEY, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, HOW TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SUPPLY THE HUMANITARIAN AID.

IF THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S CLOSER TO YOU, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS THEIR OWN CHANNELS, SUPPORT THEM.

SUPPORT WISELY, BUT DONATE WHAT YOU CAN.

WHAT WE'RE HERE TO SAY FROM UKRAINIANS OF COLORADO IS THAT WE ARE DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE.

YOU CAN SAFELY DONATE TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND WE WILL, BASED ON THE PRIORITIZED NEED WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FIRST, WE WILL SPEND EVERY PENNY THAT WE GET TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.

WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP NOW WITH PROJECT CURE.

THEY DISTRIBUTE, SHIP AND DISTRIBUTE DONATED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO 135 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.

WE ARE-- THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST EXPENDITURE, OUR FIRST ENDEAVOR, THAT THEY HAVE THESE VERY COMPLETE MEDICAL KITS THAT ARE ABOUT 200 BUCKS A PIECE, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO GET THESE MEDICAL KITS TO UKRAINE.

THERE ARE LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS.

ESPECIALLY WITH KYIV NOW BEING ALMOST INACCESSIBLE.

THAT'S TO THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE.

IT'S WHERE MANY OF THE NGOS ARE HEADQUARTERED.

IT'S VERY HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE THERE.

THERE'S AIR RAID SIRENS GOING ON ALL THE TIME.

WE NEED TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE SENDING MONEY, THAT IT'S GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED-- IT'S IMPRACTICAL TO SHIP SUPPLIES AT THIS POINT.

YOU CAN ONLY SHIP THEM TO POLAND.

SOMEONE HAS TO PICK THEM UP FROM POLAND, WHICH IS OKAY.

THAT'S NOT A TERRIBLE THING.

THERE'S NO WAY FOR RESUPPLY TRUCKS TO GET INTO KYIV.

THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD, THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF MEDICINES, SO THERE'S AN IMMEDIACY THAT-- AND I'M ACTUALLY STILL WORKING ON THAT.

THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COLLECTING MONEY.

I AM HOPING THAT MOST OF IT IS GETTING TO UKRAINE.

WHAT I'M SEEING AT THIS POINT IS THAT A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, AND LEGITIMATE ONES TOO LIKE RED CROSS, ARE COLLECTING MONEY, BUT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.

TO ME, THAT'S VERY MYOPIC.

THAT'S A LONG TERM ISSUE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO HELP UKRAINIANS RESETTLE IN THE WEST PERMANENTLY.

MOST OF THEM WOULD WANT TO GO BACK, AND UKRAINE NEEDS ITS BEST AND ITS BRIGHTEST BECAUSE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVASTATION THAT IS BEING WROUGHT RIGHT NOW IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.

I DON'T THINK THE WEST IS DOING ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.

ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.

SANCTIONS, FINE.

DO YOU THINK PUTIN CARES THAT HIS CITIZENS ARE SUFFERING?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

SO, HE'S NOT PERSONALLY HURT.

HE'S A MEGALOMANIAC.

IS THIS IS LEGACY?

IT'S JUST WHATEVER.

THE WEST SHOULD BE REEVALUATING THE SITUATION ON AN HOUR BY HOUR BASIS AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME REDLINE THAT "NO, WE CANNOT STAND BY ANYMORE.

” WE'VE CROSSED THAT REDLINE.

WE'RE ALL COMMUNICATING.

WE'RE ALL TRYING TO EMOTIONALLY GET THROUGH THIS SITUATION.

THE PARADOX WHERE OUR HEARTS ARE BREAKING, BUT WE'RE SAFE.

WE'RE SITTING HERE CRYING, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR BOMBS SCREAMING OVERHEAD.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO AND DO IT.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO HERE IN AMERICA IS REACH OUT TO AMERICANS TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT THAT UKRAINE REQUIRES HELP FROM EVERYTHING, NOT ONLY FROM GOVERNMENTS.

WHO CAN DONATE NEEDS TO DONATE.

WHO CAN INFLUENCE THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO INFLUENCE THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT.

I THINK THE REASON, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IN ORDER TO STOP HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, THE WAR NEEDS TO STOP.

I DON'T SEE ANY DIPLOMATIC DECISION RIGHT NOW.

PUTIN IS NOT GONNA STOP UNLESS HE'S STOPPED.

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO WIN THIS WAR.

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