The pristine, white-walled salon is one of the few havens of normality remaining in Pokrovsk, near the Ukraine border, as Russian troops close in. An example of how life goes on in the deserted, shelled-out area even as fighting continues. Inside, the buzz of hair clippers and blow dryers barely cover the thuds coming from the front line around seven kilometres away. "Sometimes it's very loud, but it's okay, we try to work," says salon worker Natalya, "how can you not go to work if people are waiting for you?"
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00:00This is the first time I've seen such a large number of people in one day.
00:06Look at this.
00:09This is even today.
00:12This is even today.
00:20It's scary for every normal healthy person.
00:25Sometimes it's very loud.
00:28But we try to work.
00:31How can you not go to work if people are waiting for you?
00:35People come for a portion of a positive mood.
00:39It's easier to get a haircut.
00:42While I talk, while I discuss.
00:45Someone comes with problems to complain.
00:48Someone boasts to share their joy with us.
00:54It's a war, but I want it to be beautiful.
00:59Life goes on.
01:02And the war will end, but we will win anyway.
01:05Glory to the SSU, glory to Ukraine.
01:09I generally like to live positively, no matter how it is.
01:14I try to be in a good mood.
01:18I try to be in a good mood.
01:20I try to be in a good mood.
01:24It will all pass.
01:27God doesn't give everything for nothing.
01:30No, I'm not in the sense of war.
01:33I speak for myself.
01:36Of course, you need to maintain beauty.
01:39You can't go around naked.
01:51Of course, it changes.
01:54We don't have much time.
01:57We can't serve as many clients as we did before.
02:01We work somehow, we try.
02:20The last time I played was in Dobrokul.
02:23For 400 shekels.