i cannot imagine what will happen if something will happen to him. i know how hard it will be for my aunt, for my family. do you feel proud of him? yeah, totally. i would never have imagined my cousin to become a true hero of ukraine and a hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride, in the sense that he is in a life threatening situation but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. do you feel he will return? i honestly, that is the only thing i believe as hard as i could because i cannot imagine the situation otherwise. ijust cannot imagine, because it will be such a harsh moment for my family and i was thinking, like, what would happen if one day,
do you feel proud of him? yeah, totally. i would have never imagined my cousin to become a true hero of ukraine and hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride in the sense that he s in a life threatening situation. but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. if you could give a message to maks right now, what would you say? maks, i know that you are very strong and your family loves you a lot and we are waiting for you. and we are sure that you will come back and you will be our hero and you will have a great life in the free ukraine after our victory. mark lowen, bbc news, kyiv.
what would i do? and ijust started crying in the middle of the street because i didn t have any answer to that. do you feel proud of him? yes, totally. i would have never imagined my cousin become a true hero of ukraine and hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride in the sense that he is in a life threatening situation. but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. if you could give a message to maks right now, what would you say? maks, i know that you are very strong and your family loves you a lot and we are waiting for you. and we are sure that you will come back and you will be our hero and you will have a great life in the free ukraine after our victory.
i would receive a message that maks has died? like, what would i do? and ijust started crying in the middle of the street because i don t have any answer to that. do you feel proud of him? yeah, totally. i would have never imagined my cousin to become a true hero of ukraine and hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride in the sense that he s in a life threatening situation. but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. if you could give a message to maks right now, what would you say? maks, i know that you are very strong and your family loves you a lot and we are waiting for you. and we are sure that you will come back and you will be our hero and you will have a great life in the free ukraine after our victory.
first of all, i feel very sorry that maybe i was not talking to him as much as i should while we still had connection. because i didn t want to disturb him. and i was thinking like, what would happen if one day i would receive a message that said, maks has died. what would i do? and ijust started crying in the middle of the street because i didn t have any answer to that. do you feel proud of him? yes, totally. i would have never imagined my cousin become a true hero of ukraine and hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride in the sense that he is in a life threatening situation. but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. if you could give a message to maks