Samuel P N Cook:
You are from the Dnipro. Exactly right. And not far from Donetsk but from the town of Dnipro. And right there from my coaches, my fiancé. You can't even say that ... You're not far from the Dnipro. So after the war did you join the regular army or one of the volunteer battalions?

Oxsana Chorna:
I started as a volunteer like ... I started in 2014 as a volunteer because my friends were drafted into the regular army and they were trying to help me because I wanted to survive. And after making the decision ‘OK, but not enough and they will help me if I stay in the front line and I can be like a driver - an assistant’. And they helped my battalion evacuate the wounded soldiers and help as much as possible. But in 2017 the work was only suspended. The weather was very calm about four years before February. And I decided that a lot of people wanted to come and I had to come back and I had to continue my career in science. Than in Oman I do a lot of diving, kiting. I bought the best camping gear and traveled a lot to Oman and Bachrain. And any town or country that is close, close to the center is a good place to visit. But on February 24 I opened Facebook and read this message and went to share it with dinen and said, ‘I’m sorry guys but I have this extension in my country and they have to go home so I have unpaid leave. and I never knew when I would receive this unpaid leave. I wish I could, maybe I can go back to Oman but I'm not sure if I can in the next two months. that's enough ...

Full interview https://borderlands.com.ua/podcast/stand-with-Ukraine