Set by moscow, for their surrender. protecting around 1,000 civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time are running out. our family is from the north of ukraine, north east. 0lena nikulina s cousin maks has gone from village boy to one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. he has been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. how do you feel about him being there? i feel terrible, honestly. 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.
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