it s where i played my best tennis, he says. and while his visa has been revoked, this ban has now been overturned. he was technically banned until 2025. the current immigration minister has overturned that decision and has granted novak djokovic a visa. he s now back, determined as ever to get that 22nd grand slam title, to get that tenth title for the australian open. he s gearing for that. he is happy to forgive, he s happy to move on, but he says it s very difficult to forget what happened to him. it s almost a year since russia s invasion of ukraine and millions of ukrainians are still unable to return home, after fleeing the country. among them was a troupe of more than 70 ballet dancers. 0ur correspondent kate vandy has been to visit them. moving gracefully around the stage, you wouldn t know these performers had recently fled war. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year many feared it would be the end of their careers. svetlana was one of them.
we heard earlier about the latest russian attacks in ukraine. it s almost a year now since russia s partial invasion and millions of ukrainians have left the country. among them a group of more than 70 ballet dancers. they are now living and training together in the netherlands. 0ur correspondent kate vandy has been to visit them. moving gracefully around the stage, you wouldn t know these performers had recently fled war. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year, many feared it would be the end of their careers. svetlana was one of them. i didn t have work and i was trying to find the job, and then i found this place. i think here, i start to feel myself really, really good. like, before, i didn t want to do ballet, i was depressed and had no inspiration for life. svetlana fled ukraine shortly after war broke out,
we don t feel much like christmas and not much like christmas tree or anything. but anyway, we put on lights because we want the kids not to miss this feeling. war or no war, life goes on. so we ll have a small celebration. antonina, an artist from irpin, tells us shelling has destroyed her family home. she says this christmas will be a painful one. translation: i cannot feel festive at the moment because i worry very much about my friends and my family who are left and who cannot leave ukraine at the moment. and they are staying there and enduring what they have to endure. svetlana, a neurologist from zaporizhzhia, is here with her three children and her mother. she says this christmas is made more bearable because of people like her host, les. translation: he s notjust giving us accommodation. i he s open his heart to us and open his home to us. and really, he s like a grandfather to our children. taking them to the park, helping them with school, helping with english lessons.
sheeting on the windows won t make much of a difference. this is all they can salvage. anatoli is overwhelmed by what he and his wife found when they returned to their village. what can i say, he asks? you can see for yourself. svetlana was born in this house 53 years ago. her reaction pain, she says. shock. pain, terrible pain, bitterness. the fruits of a life s labor withered on the vine. this is what happened to many of the towns and villages caught on the front lines of this war. they were totally destroyed. up the road residents unload relief supplies trucked in to the town. mayor is back in his office after months away.
tonight, ultimatum. president zelenskyy calling on russians to fight back against the war or else, saying in part, quote, fight back, run aaway or surrender to ukrainian captivity. these are the options for you the survive. it comes to ukrainians return to villages destroyed by the russians, their homes reduced to rubble. ben wedeman is out front tonight in kharkiv. reporter: anatoly is trying to make his demolished house a home again, one nail at a time. but without a roof, plastic sheeting on the windows won t make much of a difference. this is all they could salvage. anatoly is overwhelmed by what he and his wife, svetlana found when they returned to their village. what can i say, he asks? you can see for yourself. svetlana was born in this house 53 years ago.