Bear Grylls Meets Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Warzone Special - Full Documentary
In this special full documentary, ex special forces adventurer Bear Grylls travels to Ukraine to meet president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Along the way, he witnesses the consequences of conflict for the Ukrainian people who are enduring a winter of darkness, learning more about their experiences during the war with neighbours and nuclear Superpower Russia.
So Putin beware, Bears in town.
So Putin beware, Bears in town.
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00:00It's crazy to see clear skies ahead, but you know that that airspace there is in Ukraine
00:18and there's war raging.
00:19You know Ukraine is at war with Russia.
00:33You know I think if somebody had said to me 25 years after leaving the military that I'd
00:38be going into an active war zone in Europe on a NATO border, you'd almost never believe
00:45it.
00:52On the 24th of February 2022, Russia launched airstrikes across Ukraine, followed by a full
01:02scale land invasion.
01:07There was a massive escalation of an armed conflict that has been going on since 2014.
01:13With no end in sight, the war so far is thought to have cost tens of thousands of lives.
01:24And after 7 million civilians fled the country, it led to the biggest refugee crisis in Europe
01:31since the Second World War.
01:34President Volodymyr Zelensky has become known around the world as the face of this war.
01:53He's been a uniting force for the people, refusing to leave even when there were threats
01:59to his life.
02:07I'm travelling into Ukraine to interview the president.
02:12To be asked by President Zelensky to come and meet him and talk to him is obviously
02:19a real privilege, but I suppose ultimately what I really want is to find out what he's
02:25like kind of away from the podium and also to see what it's really like inside Ukraine
02:32at the moment and what the people are really actually going through.
02:37I've served with the British military and spent a life working in survival, but now
02:44I will be learning from Ukrainians about what it takes to survive in a war zone.
02:50Hello, here we go guys, Bruce.
02:56So Bruce is one of our team who, one of our security team who's gone into country beforehand.
03:02He's been there a couple of days just to set things up and make sure, you know, everything's
03:07ready for us.
03:08He wants to give me a little update, see what he says.
03:09So we just had information that's come in through our intel sources.
03:10Not a good picture, I'm afraid.
03:11It appears that he might be struck by missiles in the next 24 hours, so, yeah, it's not looking
03:28particularly good.
03:30Who's given you that update?
03:32How accurate do you think that sort of intel is?
03:35The info comes from a government source pretty high up, so we hope it doesn't happen, but
03:43you know, better be prepared than not.
03:46Okay, thanks Bruce, well done.
03:48Stay safe.
03:49Take care.
03:50Cheers, man.
03:51So yeah, guys, I guess it definitely changes the dynamic a little bit if we've got a rocket
03:56attack going in today, which is definitely a little bit worrying.
04:05Ukrainian airspace is currently closed, so after flying into Poland, I'm making the 950
04:12kilometre car journey to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
04:17I can't travel during curfew hours, so tonight I will be staying in the city of Lviv.
04:23But first, I need to cross the border.
04:27Okay, so, approaching the border.
04:31The all-important letter from the President's office saying we're invited to be here.
04:38And then, what's called a Faraday case, which is basically a sealed case that blocks all
04:45mobile phone signals.
04:47So guys, phones should go in these, and then that blocks the signal so there's no trace
04:55of who's coming in and out of the country, which is what they asked us to do.
05:00So, phones are in that.
05:02Okay, here we go.
05:05Well, team, we're into Ukraine.
05:27Well, whatever happens, guys, over the next three days, primarily, stay safe, have each
05:33other's backs, and we'll get in and done and out safely.
05:38Okay, time to meet our translator at this gas station, if everything's gone to plan.
05:45Hi, how you doing?
05:47You okay, Petr?
05:48Hi.
05:51So soon into my journey, and already there are tank traps and sandbags, stark reminders
05:58of the ongoing conflict.
06:03The start of the war must have been scary.
06:05Yeah, people were preparing.
06:07They prepared cocktail, Molotov cocktails.
06:10And how have you been this last year?
06:12Yeah, I lost friends there at the war, so it's...
06:16Really?
06:17Yeah.
06:19So people which I knew from long years.
06:24The last one, two weeks ago, we buried in here.
06:27Has everybody lost friends?
06:29I think, yeah.
06:30Most of Ukrainians lost someone.
06:32Yeah, they're so hard.
06:34Yeah, but you have to be strong.
06:36Always.
06:38So this is a clip that's just been posted on Twitter, saying we understand that terrorists
07:05are preparing new strikes.
07:08And as long as they have missiles, they won't stop.
07:11Our mutual assistance is one of the elements of protection and of our great strength.
07:18Yeah, I mean, he does these every night, and they're incredible and inspiring.
07:23And the nation needs it.
07:30Russia has started a new tactic in the war.
07:34Only last week, cities across the country were hit by missiles and drones
07:39targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
07:44It's triggering rolling blackouts and causing the heating system to fail in people's homes.
07:51Just as winter approaches.
08:01Before meeting the president tomorrow,
08:03I want to see firsthand the destructive impact the war has had on the country.
08:09On my route to Kiev, I'll be stopping off in the area around the town of Irpin.
08:15It became the front line of the fighting during the early weeks of the conflict.
08:23As Putin's invasion of Ukraine began, Russian paratroopers stormed the strategic airport at Hostomel,
08:31which is only 15 kilometers from Kiev.
08:35In an attempt to seize the capital and remove President Zelensky from power,
08:40Russian forces attacked the surrounding towns of Bucha and Irpin.
08:49After a month of fierce fighting, the Russians were repelled by the Ukrainian military and local volunteers.
08:58But this came at a cost on both sides of the conflict.
09:08Bad stuff has happened here.
09:11All of these buildings and windows shot out.
09:15Roofs gone.
09:18Burnt out, broken down.
09:22Welcome to Russian occupation.
09:25Wow, look at this.
09:29Just so much destruction.
09:33So crazy.
09:38Just whole apartment blocks flattened.
09:44Probably all of these buildings had people living in them.
09:48Like ground zero wherever you look.
09:55It's hard to imagine the impact all of this is having on the people of Ukraine
10:01and how this country will rebuild itself once the conflict is over.
10:17I arrive in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
10:21The final destination on my journey to meet the President.
10:32The war is still raging on the battlefront to the east of the country.
10:38Despite facing electricity blackouts and being under the constant threat of missile attacks,
10:45life in the city somehow carries on.
10:51For the residents, reminders of the war are hard to escape.
10:59So, wow, it's quite a symbol, isn't it?
11:02Old Russian tanks burnt out.
11:05Done.
11:09Wow.
11:22First up, good job, we're all alive.
11:25Good job, we're all alive.
11:27The missiles that were predicted, Monday didn't come, Tuesday didn't come.
11:32And today's Wednesday, the last day they're expected to come.
11:35So, not getting complacent, but we're here.
11:38The whole plan is on.
11:40I know, Scotty, a few security things to go over.
11:42Scotty.
11:43Right, guys, this is our operational briefing for today.
11:45Over the last week, the intelligence has been growing and growing to suggest that there are some attacks.
11:51There are going to be imminent rockets, drones or maybe missiles.
11:54Well, that's increased even more now.
11:56In the next 12 hours, we're looking at an imminent attack.
11:58Okay, so heightened level of awareness is essential today.
12:01We take all of our equipment.
12:03That's our PPE, okay, our helmets in the vehicle, our vests, of course, in the vehicle,
12:11so we can react to any strike, stays in the vehicle and make sure everyone's got their trauma kit,
12:16their first aid kit, their trauma pack in their rucksacks.
12:19The biggest thing is situational awareness.
12:22This is a war zone.
12:23Stay switched on, stay alert.
12:25Happy, ready to go.
12:28Let's do it, team, let's do it.
12:31Okay, let's go.
12:35It's weird being in a city where missile strikes are sort of meant to be imminent,
12:39not like in the next week, like today.
12:42We just need to get through the next couple of hours.
12:44Definitely apprehensive.
12:47I've been lucky to interview some amazing people over the years,
12:50from the sitting US President to Prime Minister of India.
12:56But I think this is different.
12:58You're in an inactive war zone.
13:00You're with someone who's probably the most hunted man on the planet
13:03by the most fearsome regime on the planet.
13:07And even when we were planning this, the government guy said,
13:10Even when we were planning this, the government guy said,
13:12we live day to day.
13:14We really want to do this, but no guarantees.
13:22We've reached the checkpoint, which guards the presidential district.
13:27Here we go.
13:33Yeah, okay.
13:34Okay, let's hold the filming for a second.
13:40Okay.
13:45To get to see Zelensky, we must clear multiple security checks.
13:54The President is the ultimate high-profile target for assassination,
13:59so is protected by a large military presence.
14:03What is that? What does he carry?
14:05Anti-drone.
14:07I suppose, you know, you're super vulnerable, aren't you?
14:09Drone, come in.
14:10Let's hope we don't get that.
14:15We're going to go on a walk around the city,
14:18so the President can show me how the people are coping during this conflict.
14:23But I also want to find out how it is affecting him.
14:31For Vladimir Zelensky wasn't always the leader of a nation at war.
14:38His life started out very differently.
14:41Working as a comedy actor on television,
14:44Zelensky even appeared in a series where he played a school teacher
14:48who suddenly becomes the President.
14:51In 2019, he decided to run to become the real President of Ukraine.
14:58And he won by a landslide victory.
15:08The President of Ukraine
15:16Hi.
15:17Sir.
15:18You're welcome back.
15:19Thank you. Pleasure to meet you.
15:20Nice to meet you.
15:21Privileged to be here.
15:22Thank you. Thank you very much.
15:24You've been so busy this morning, haven't you?
15:26Not only this.
15:27Every day, every day.
15:29Busy, yes.
15:30But anyway, all of us busy, but we have to find time.
15:34Of course, of course. Well, thank you.
15:36I think the plan was we're going to take a little walk.
15:38We can walk.
15:39Have a chat.
15:40I love to walk.
15:41Yes.
15:42Because such guests as you, I can have possibility to walk.
15:46Very good.
15:47Because I know you've had…
15:48We got the warning that there were imminent missile strikes
15:52potentially into Kiev the last few days, so…
15:55It can be today.
15:57It can be tomorrow.
15:59It can be…
16:01You know our neighbors.
16:03If we can use such words for these persons.
16:06Anyway, so it can be any day they want, and we are ready.
16:14First of all, people are ready.
16:15That is the main thing.
16:17And you live day to day.
16:20We live for the future.
16:21Not day to day.
16:22For the future.
16:23We really believe in our victory.
16:26That's why we live.
16:28Where should we go? Should we go this way?
16:29Yes, we can.
16:30Yes.
16:31Okay.
16:32How many days you are here or already here?
16:37We've had a long drive.
16:39Long drive, yes.
16:40And we arrived in Kiev last night.
16:44So two days in country.
16:46So what were you like when you were growing up as a little kid?
16:49I think like all the kids.
16:51Maybe with a little bit more power and speed.
16:57Because I was always running.
16:59Not to waste time.
17:00So you were always moving.
17:02Always moving, yes.
17:03Is that your character still?
17:05I think yes.
17:06Yeah.
17:07I think yes.
17:08And what was your dream as a kid?
17:10Did you have a dream, a job?
17:12I think each morning I had another dream.
17:15But you didn't want to be an actor as a kid?
17:17No.
17:18No?
17:19No.
17:20Really?
17:21No, no, no.
17:23So Valenis, did you meet her when you were young?
17:25Yes.
17:26When we were 17.
17:27We loved each other.
17:28I think my wife is my best friend.
17:32I read that she was nervous about when you decided to run for president.
17:37Yes.
17:38She was like, really?
17:39Yes.
17:40She didn't want.
17:41She understood that our family will not have the same life like it was before.
17:47Do you get to see your family a little bit or is it impossible?
17:51Sometimes.
17:52Sometimes I have, for example, four, six hours to be with them.
17:57It's so little.
17:58It's so hard for you.
18:00It's very hard for my son because, you know, this age.
18:06So how old is he now?
18:07He's nine.
18:08No, it's a tough age.
18:09So for him it's a really tough situation because he needs a father.
18:14Yeah.
18:15And now he doesn't have enough.
18:17Enough warm moments.
18:20Yeah.
18:21What do you say to him?
18:22How do you explain the situation?
18:24He's in the soldier form.
18:26He loves it.
18:27Really?
18:28Oh, yes.
18:29He's ready.
18:30He's always ready.
18:32This war also changed our people and changed our children.
18:37Yeah.
18:38They are not children.
18:40They are adults.
18:43Kids all through the country.
18:44I guess they had to grow up so fast.
18:47Yes.
18:48Our children, yes, grew up very fast.
18:51Really.
18:52My son, he, you know, said to me that I'm strong, I'm okay, do your job.
18:57Yes.
18:58But at this moment you see, you know, wet.
19:06And you see wet eyes of your son and you understand that he's a child.
19:12Yeah.
19:13Yeah.
19:15Yeah, yeah, we'll go, we'll go.
19:20Across the country, Ukrainians have had to adapt to a new way of living since the conflict began.
19:27Businesses try to stay open when there is no electricity.
19:33Even operations are being done under torchlight.
19:39People refuse to give up despite losing so many loved ones.
19:46Whilst I was in Kiev, I wanted to find out how its citizens could be so resilient during these uncertain times.
19:55So I arranged to meet local resident Alina Polyakova.
20:00Hi, Alina.
20:02Hi, nice to meet you.
20:03How are you doing?
20:04Oh, that's okay.
20:05Nice to see you.
20:06You have so warm hands.
20:07Yeah, good, good.
20:08You're surviving?
20:09Sub-zero Kiev, you're okay?
20:12Yes.
20:13Alina works in the city as a journalist covering the war.
20:17Even though there are meant to be missiles coming at any minute, it also feels like, you know, cars are on the street,
20:24everyone is trying to live a normal life as well, but you still have the threat and you have the blackouts.
20:29How is everyday life at the moment in Kiev compared to maybe in the east?
20:35Well, in Kiev we have theatres open, we have concerts every evening, even with just candles, you know.
20:44We have bars open, we have different restaurants, they buy generators.
20:49If I have no electricity at my home, I can go to the nearest cafe and work from there.
20:54So it's about community.
20:57We become only stronger with that.
21:00Putin is trying to break everyone apart through the bombing, but actually it's bringing people together, is that right?
21:06Yes.
21:07I think that he thought that with these bombs, with these blackouts, he will win.
21:13But we are a free country, we are a democratic country, and we want our freedom.
21:19We also have suddenly an air raid, siren will go off, and then what happens?
21:25If the air raid silence will be now?
21:27Well, I think that nothing, because people get used to that.
21:32I go to the shelter only when I hear the explosions.
21:36We just understand that if I should die today, then I would die today.
21:42Like trusting fate?
21:44Yes, just like that, because it's hard to be scared every minute of your life.
21:49You are a very brave lady.
21:51Thank you very much.
21:52Shall we have a coffee? I see a cafe there.
21:54Yes, it will be warmer there.
21:55Shall we do that?
21:56Yes, let's go.
21:59It will be strange to die from the car, you know, in Ukraine.
22:03That would be bad. Come on.
22:06You are very law-abiding, I like it, Alina.
22:12Alina's family live just 20 kilometers from the current front line.
22:18Tell me about your journey, what's happened with you?
22:23At the beginning of the war, my dad went to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
22:29He was 56 years old, but he decided to protect his country,
22:36because everything that he did was for me, for his children, for the next generation.
22:47He and two of his colleagues, they were blown up at mine,
22:54and his colleagues told my mother that there is 99% that he is dead,
23:01and 1% that he is a prisoner of war.
23:05And I think that she still believes that he is a prisoner,
23:11and she has hope that after the war he came back home.
23:17But there is no possibility that you will be alive.
23:21I'm so sorry, Alina. Tell me his full name.
23:25Igor Polyakov.
23:28He and mom asked about grandchildren.
23:33He will never be a grandpa.
23:38I'm so sorry, Alina.
23:42Losing your dad is so hard. I lost my dad when I was younger,
23:47but his presence never leaves me.
23:50Your dad is never going to leave your shoulder.
23:54I hope so. I shouldn't cry. I promised myself that I would not cry.
24:00You have to cry. Crying is so important.
24:04We will cry after our victory, and it will be the tears of happiness, I hope.
24:14What a lady you are. What a lady. Brave heart.
24:24Alina is not alone. There are tens, hundreds of thousands of people across the country
24:29with similar stories of regular people who have given their everything,
24:35given their life for their country, for their freedom, for their family, for their home.
24:41You know, just this country at the moment is steeped in tears, but also courage.
24:50Russia
24:58I mean, this last year has been like nothing you could have imagined.
25:03If you go back a year ago, a few months before the invasion,
25:06did you ever envision that the Russians actually would invade?
25:10There are people who really didn't believe.
25:14And even at the moment of full-scale invasion, didn't believe.
25:21They really counted on it that our people will run, everybody will run, the economy will fall down.
25:27So that is what their strategy is.
25:31Yeah. And those first few weeks, months of the war, you know,
25:36we've been to Irpin, you know, where they were just on the outskirts of Kiev.
25:41But you were here, I mean, those must have been terrifying times.
25:46What I thought, no, we have to be here, join everybody, all the people to fight.
26:10Glory to our defenders. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to heroes.
26:15When you were offered by Western leaders a chance to escape,
26:19and you came out with the phrase, I need bullets, not a ride,
26:23this become like such a phrase, what were you feeling at that time?
26:27At that time, it was strange for me, really.
26:31I'm not, I'm not feel that I'm a hero.
26:36And now every day you are speaking to world leaders on the big stage.
26:40Looking back over this year, what have you learnt about dealing at that level with people,
26:46human to human, country to country, what have you learnt?
26:50First of all, that the people are the same. The society is the same.
26:55It doesn't matter what language you speak, you see the eyes and you understand what's going on.
26:59Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter from what country you are.
27:02You love the same things, you hate the same things, the same values.
27:07We love children, we love our home.
27:11And tell me some of the horrors of what Ukraine has really suffered at the hands of the Russians.
27:20First of all, people really, really didn't expect that humanity can do it,
27:33that they will come and begin just to kill.
27:37At first, they wanted just to kill.
27:42Once the Russians were pushed back from towns and cities that had been occupied,
27:46the true horrors of war were revealed.
27:53Places like Bucha and Izium had mass unmarked graves,
27:58revealing signs of torture and execution.
28:04But other alleged crimes also took place.
28:08They raped children. They wanted mothers and fathers to see it.
28:15So it was terrible. And it was a shock, really.
28:22And there's so many war crimes under investigation now, aren't there?
28:26And stories of children in detention camps.
28:30People always ask how many people were killed.
28:35And I really say that nobody knows.
28:38Because when we occupied the new village, the new territory,
28:43where, for example, 1,000 people lived before the war,
28:48when you come there and you see 20 people, you don't know where they are.
28:53Some of them went, some of them, mostly children, have been deported.
29:01Deported?
29:02Deported. And a lot of people...
29:04Children deported?
29:05Yes.
29:06To where? To Russia?
29:07Thousands.
29:08Thousands to Russia.
29:09What for you has been the darkest, hardest moment in the last nine months?
29:16The hardest moment?
29:20I think the first day.
29:23How have the Ukrainian people reacted?
29:26How have the Ukrainian people reacted?
29:29Great, great honour.
29:31How they strong, how really when Russians attacked our people.
29:37And Russians thought that if they will attack more, more, more,
29:42our people will be shocked and will be afraid.
29:46But it was, the result was opposite.
29:49The more they fight, the more they attack us,
29:54the more strong our people began and became.
30:02On that first day of the war, it was feared that the Ukrainian military
30:07would not be strong enough to hold off the Russians.
30:12So President Zelensky introduced a martial law,
30:16banning men between the ages of 18 to 60 from leaving the country.
30:25Whilst they were not forced to,
30:27many signed up voluntarily to join the armed forces...
30:33..and begun their training to learn how to fight.
30:39I wanted to hear first-hand from citizens who enlisted in the army.
30:44So yesterday, whilst in Irpin, I met up with a soldier.
30:49He's all the way at the end, you see him?
30:51Oleksandr fought in the early battles that took place in his hometown.
30:57Hey, Oleksandr. Hello.
30:59How are you? Nice to see you. Are you doing OK?
31:02Yeah, yeah, thank you. Yeah.
31:04This was your home?
31:06It was my home. It was destroyed by Russians.
31:10Yeah, but now we try to rebuild it.
31:13And were you guys, were you home when it was shelled?
31:16No, I wasn't in a position to save our city from occupants.
31:23What happened during those weeks?
31:33So this whole area was the front line?
31:36Yeah, yeah, like front line. Yeah, incredible.
31:47So on the first day of the war, were you a soldier beforehand?
31:51Or did you start on the day of the war?
32:17But it is amazing that a country is mobilised overnight
32:22and you're given arms and you're asked to fight
32:25and you've got to figure it out.
32:46That's amazing. You're a scout?
32:48Oh, yeah, yeah. Amazing respect.
32:50All my family scout. I have two children, yeah.
32:54As a chief ambassador for World Scouting,
32:57it's always an honour for me to meet a fellow scout.
33:00And how are your family now?
33:10So now she is back in the town?
33:12Yeah, she is now here.
33:14Can we meet her?
33:16I think so, yeah. Yeah? Yeah.
33:18Shall we go? We can do it today.
33:20My son, his name is Adrian.
33:22Adrian. Adrian.
33:24And my daughter, she is a scout too.
33:26And is she here? She is 12.
33:28And now she is with my grandmother.
33:31OK. Yes. Great.
33:36Hey. Hi.
33:38Nice to meet you. You doing OK? Yeah.
33:40Hey, who's this? Is this Adrian?
33:42Well, you're a scout. You can give me your left handshake.
33:45Well done. Well done. You doing all right?
33:47Staying warm?
33:52So when did you come back to Ukraine?
33:55In the end of May.
33:57Yeah.
33:59And why did you come back?
34:03It's really hard to live abroad.
34:06I want to live here.
34:08And you're pleased you're back?
34:10It's like a new puzzle of your life.
34:14Because your friends, your family,
34:16your life, your home,
34:19everything was destroyed.
34:21Now I need to...
34:23Rebuild it. Rebuild it.
34:25And how do your children,
34:27how have they reacted to everything?
34:30First reaction, I think it was shock.
34:34And for our daughter, it was very hard
34:37because she realised that her father...
34:43..he's alive, but it can be tomorrow.
34:47Yeah.
34:49What do you say to Adrian about life?
34:52What's happening? How do you explain it?
34:54He says that,
34:57I want to live in our land.
34:59I want to play with my friends.
35:02I want to see them.
35:05But we don't know where they are.
35:08And that's hard, hard to explain.
35:11You think Ukraine can win this?
35:14Yes, we have no other choice.
35:18I think you guys are amazing.
35:20I got a little present for you.
35:24When we're walking here,
35:26I always carry with me
35:28something from the scouts.
35:31Because you never know when you're going to meet a scout.
35:33It was a surprise for you.
35:35Yeah, it was a surprise.
35:37But I always carry these.
35:39And this is what I have.
35:41It's the newest scout badge.
35:43And it's for you guys.
35:45Because it's a Never Give Up badge.
35:47Which is you.
35:49Which is Adrian.
35:51So there you go.
35:53Adrian.
35:55There you go. That's for you.
35:57Your Never Give Up scout badge.
35:59You've earned it.
36:05I have a small present for you too.
36:20I love it.
36:21Victory tea.
36:23Every Englishman loves tea.
36:25I will drink it with pride. Thank you, guys.
36:27Family is everything, eh?
37:01Glory to Ukraine!
37:03Glory to Ukraine!
37:05Glory to Ukraine!
37:07Glory! Glory!
37:09Glory to the CSU!
37:15But now that Ukraine is reclaiming ground,
37:19how are you doing this?
37:21We have to.
37:23We don't have, you know,
37:25just we don't have another way.
37:27And we don't want to have a way out.
37:29And we don't want to live with their flag.
37:33All we defend, we love it.
37:35And they don't love it.
37:37They hate it.
37:39And that has never been their homeland.
37:43Never been their land.
37:45I met a lady yesterday.
37:47Yeah.
37:49Her husband was a businessman.
37:53February 24th, became a soldier.
37:55She and her children go to Italy.
37:57And now she's come back.
37:59She says, I want to be here.
38:01I know all my, you know,
38:03some friends and their wives
38:07went from the beginning of full-scale invasion.
38:11They, all of them came back.
38:15Well, I think I've learned that
38:17just in the few days here
38:19of how Ukrainians love Ukraine.
38:23Love Ukraine very much.
38:25The power to that.
38:27That really saved Ukraine.
38:29Yeah.
38:31The attitude to the country.
38:33The people attitude.
38:35But now that Russia is losing,
38:37they're now targeting civilian infrastructure
38:39to try and, you know,
38:41we're going into Ukrainian winter,
38:43snow on the ground, minus five degrees.
38:45It's going to get cold.
38:47It's difficult.
38:49It's really very difficult
38:51to live without electricity.
38:53Energy network is also,
38:55you live not only without electricity,
38:57without water.
38:59A lot of challenges.
39:01Winter, it's, my opinion,
39:03I think that winter
39:05is the second part of this war.
39:07Surviving winter.
39:09Yes, surviving winter.
39:11Really, it's a very difficult period.
39:13And it will be difficult.
39:15And all of our people are ready,
39:17but we'll see.
39:19Because we know that Russia will not stop.
39:21Survival is hard.
39:23Yes, but only three months.
39:25Only three months, there you go.
39:27Beautiful park.
39:29Great park.
39:31Do you get to walk much like this?
39:33No, no, no, I don't walk.
39:35This is good.
39:37Winter survival.
39:39Winter survival.
39:41You know, the best survival advice
39:43I ever got given for surviving in the winter
39:45is stay together.
39:47One plus one equals five.
39:49Yes, you are right.
39:51Hold each other.
39:53So the government is putting these warming,
39:55is this one of the warming stations?
39:57Yes, that is one of the small ones.
39:59Mostly we open them
40:01very quickly
40:03at schools,
40:05kindergartens or universities,
40:07you know, in every public places.
40:11With no clear end to the conflict in sight,
40:13shelters have been rolled out
40:15across the country
40:17to provide warmth and electricity
40:19to people that have none.
40:21I love it, let's have a look.
40:23Okay.
40:25Добрый день.
40:27Wow, this is warm, yeah.
40:29All people can come and charge their gadgets,
40:31take some tea and coffee.
40:35Russians waited
40:37really the first days
40:39when the temperature will be minus.
40:4178 rockets
40:43attacked during two hours.
40:4578 what,
40:47cruise missiles?
40:49Wow, in two hours,
40:51as soon as the temperature drops.
40:53President, I think we should have a coffee.
40:55There you go, President.
40:57Thank you so much.
40:59And then come on, let's get outside,
41:01because it's nice being in the fresh air for you.
41:03Here is the man, as you know,
41:05he doesn't get outside enough.
41:07He is the most protected man.
41:09That is good, come on.
41:11Okay, just a little.
41:13Hey, I've got
41:15something for you.
41:17Here you go, hold this.
41:19Come on, who doesn't like a bit of chocolate?
41:21Okay, that is mine.
41:23It's amazing seeing
41:25all the people come together.
41:27It's like the harder you hit them,
41:29the tighter your people become.
41:31People never
41:33thought, I think,
41:35that they could be attacked from the sky
41:37in the 21st century.
41:39It's a tragedy,
41:41but anyway, people are ready.
41:43But what would it take
41:45for peace to come
41:47to Ukraine? What would it take?
41:49For the peace
41:51of the list of so
41:53many things we need.
41:55And you feel that peace will come?
41:57It can come? Is it possible?
41:59I think it will not come
42:01because it will come.
42:03You have to work for peace.
42:05You have to fight for peace.
42:07It's really the situation.
42:09You have to fight for the victory.
42:11But when Putin will not
42:13feel that he's strong,
42:15when they will feel that they are alone,
42:17peace will come.
42:19Thank you so much.
42:21Thank you so much.
42:23Max, I promised we'd
42:25still be alive. He's still alive.
42:27This is good. Thank you guys all so much.
42:29Take care. Thank you guys.
42:31All the best.
42:39Well, the president's just left.
42:41What an incredible man.
42:43You know,
42:45gentle, smart,
42:47true visionary.
42:49Determined and resolute.
42:51But also,
42:53for me to be reminded that whoever you are,
42:55president,
42:57everybody's just
42:59regular people trying to go about their life
43:01and do their best.
43:03They're trying to
43:05protect their families,
43:07look after their home,
43:09follow their dreams,
43:11go for things.
43:13And that's a sort of
43:15beautiful freedom that
43:17none of us must ever take for
43:19granted. It's what this country are fighting
43:21for. What Zelensky
43:23is fighting for. For me, a privilege
43:25to walk a little bit beside him
43:27and hear his story.