>>> IT HAS BEEN 786 DAYS SINCE
THE RUSSIAN UKRAINE -- INVASION
BEGAN, 31,000 UKRAINIAN
SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN
THE CONFLICT.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT.
THOUGH U.S. INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATES THOSE NUMBERS COULD
BE EVEN HIGHER.
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED
NATIONS, MORE THAN 10,000
UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES IN THE ACTUAL TOTAL
FOR THAT MAY ALSO LIKELY BE
HIGHER.
ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE, AN
INVESTIGATION FOUND RUSSIAN
MILITARY DEATHS HAVE SURPASSED
50,000. YESTERDAY, THE
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT APPEALED TO
NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS AND URGE
THEM TO STEP UP AIR DELIVERS
FOR HIS STRUGGLING FORCES,
STRESSING THAT UKRAINE CANNOT
ADEQUATELY DEFEND ITSELF
WITHOUT WESTERN SUPPORT.
UKRAINE MAY NOT NEED TO WAIT
VERY LONG AS AID FROM THE U.S.
COULD BE ON ITS WAY AS WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING AS THE HOUSE IS
IN SESSION TODAY AND WILL BE
VOTING ON A LONG STALLED FOREIGN AID PACKAGE TO ROUGHLY
DELIVER $61 BILLION TO UKRAINE.
THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO PASS
WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND GO
TO THE SENATE SOON AFTER.
AID FOR UKRAINE HAS NEVER BEEN
MORE CRUCIAL FOR THE WAR-TORN
NATION THAT IT IS NOW.
I HAVE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF
TIME IN UKRAINE AND HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MANY PEOPLE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE
CONFLICT.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS AN
ARTISAN BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY
LIVING IN UKRAINE, A SUBURB OF
THE CAPITAL.
THIS IS WHEN I MET HER, WHEN
THE WAR BROKE OUT IN FEBRUARY
OF 2022 WE WERE AT A TRAIN
STATION IN HUNGRY ACROSS THE
UKRAINIAN BORDER.
HER HOMETOWN HAD BEEN ATTACKED
BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, FORCING
HER TO LEAVE. LIKE MANY
UKRAINIAN WOMEN, PART WAYS WITH
HER HUSBAND AND HER ONLY SON,
BOTH SERVED IN THE UKRAINIAN
ARMY.
WITH BRIDGES AND ROADS
DESTROYED, SHE WENT THROUGH A
DANGEROUS JOURNEY THROUGH
RUSSIAN FOREST AND ULTIMATELY
ON A FULL TRAIN HEADED WEST
UNTIL SHE REACHED SAFETY.
UNTIL THE MOMENT I MET HER.
I CAUGHT UP WITH HER LAST YEAR
AND LEARNED SHE MADE HER WAY TO
SWITZERLAND WHERE SHE LIVES IN
A REFUGEE SHELTER.
ONE STRIKING ASPECT OF HER
CHARACTER, FROM THE MOMENT I
MET HER, WAS HER INCREDIBLE
OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF
OVERWHELMING ODDS THIS IS WHAT
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER PROSPECTS
WHEN WE FIRST MET IN 2022 ON
THAT COLD DAY ON THAT TRAIN
PLATFORM ACROSS THE UKRAINIAN
BORDER.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN THIS IS A
SMALL TOWN, DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE
HERE?
>> I KNOW NO ONE, WE GO TO
BUDAPEST FIRST, AND I THINK, I
CAN FIND A JOB.
>> WHAT WILL YOU DO?
WHAT WORK DO YOU DO?
>> ANYTHING TO SURVIVE I AM A
CRAFTER.
I WILL SURVIVE, NO PROBLEM.
>> HER DETERMINATION AND HER
RESILIENCE LED HER TO WATCH A
CRAFT BUSINESS ONLINE ON ETSY,
DESPITE BEING SEPARATED FROM
HER FAMILY SHE WAS POSITIVE.
HERE IS A CLIP FROM OUR
INTERVIEW LAST YEAR.
>> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY,
WHEN YOU HAVE COME ACROSS AND
WE MET IN HUNGRY, YOU WERE NOT
WITH YOUR FAMILY.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
>> STILL IN UKRAINE.
>> HOW ARE THEY DOING?
>> THEY ARE ALIVE. I AM A MOTHER
, WIFE OF SOLDIER.
THEY ARE WELL NOW.
>> THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR AGO, FEBRUARY OF LAST
YEAR, THAT CHANGED THIS WEEK
WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE TRAGIC
NEWS.
HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN COMBAT ON THE FRONT LINES.
NOW, INNA FEARS FOR HER SON’S
SAFETY, SHE JOINS US SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS I NEVER MET YOUR
HUSBAND.
I AM SO SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU FOUND
OUT ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND’S
PASSING.
>> HIS FRIENDS CALLED ME TO SAY
-- YEAH.
>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO YOUR SON?
>> YES.
>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
SAW YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR SON?
>> IT WAS MAY OF 2022.
WHEN I WAS IN UKRAINE.
>> YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM SINCE
YOU LEFT?
>> I HAVE SEEN THEM IN UKRAINE
IN MAY OF 2022.
>> I KNOW YOU WANTED TO DELIVER
A MESSAGE TO OUR VIEWERS,
IMPORTANT DAY FOR UKRAINE
BECAUSE HIS LONG HELD UP AID IN
U.S. CONGRESS MAY PASS AND AID
MAY BE ON HIS WAY TO UKRAINE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO
BELIEVE THAT AMERICA -- I DO
NOT BELIEVE AMERICA IS A
HEARTLESS COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE
ARE WAITING, WAITING FOR A
WEAPON, THEY HAVE NOTHING IN
HANDS SOMETIMES TO SHOOT BACK.
MY HUSBAND WAS WAITING.
WE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
WE HELP TO BRING TO UKRAINE WHATEVER WE CAN.
CARS, PROTECTION, LIKE HELMETS,
BULLET PROOF VESTS, LITTLE
THINGS, EVEN IF I AM A
VOLUNTEER, I CANNOT BUY AN F-
16.
>> YOU ALWAYS HAVE IN HELPING
UKRAINE WERE EFFORT FROM
SWITZERLAND AND NOW ARE WORKING
FOR A COMPANY THAT ALLOWS YOU
TO MAKE REPAIRS TO PICKUP
TRUCKS SET TO UKRAINE AND USED
BY UKRAINIAN FORCES.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND
OF THING PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WOMEN
LIKE YOU HAVE LEFT THE MEN
BEHIND IN UKRAINE AND ARE
FIGHTING FOR OUTSIDE TO HELP
WIN THE WAR.
>> THIS IS NORMAL.
WE MUST HELP OUR MEN.
THIS IS NORMAL.
WHY NOT?
>> I REMEMBER THE DAY WE MET,
YOU WERE SO OPTIMISTIC. WHEN WE
TALKED, IT IS OPTIMISTIC, HOW
DO YOU STAY OPTIMISTIC AFTER
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS
HAPPENED?
DOES THIS DEPLETE YOU OR DOES
THIS STRENGTHEN YOU?
>> I HOPE -- I AM THE SAME
OPTIMISTIC AS BEFORE.
NOW, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFICULT I WANT TO ASK ALL
AMERICANS, PLEASE SUPPORT US.
PLEASE SUPPORT US.
WE NEED THIS HELP BADLY.
WE CANNOT WAIT. THE MORE WE WAIT, THE MORE WE
GIVE THE CHANCE TO THEM TO
ATTACK UKRAINE, THEY DESTROYED
WHATEVER THEY CAN, THEY KILL
OUR PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO HAVE
SOMETHING IN HANDS TO GIVE A
PROPER ANSWER.
PLEASE, SUPPORT US.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL GO
BACK TO A FREE UKRAINE AND BE
WITH YOUR SON?
>> YES.
THIS IS THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE.
>> THE HOPE I HAVE IS IN THE
TIME I INTERVIEW YOU, YOU WILL
BE IN A FREE UKRAINE AND YOUR
SON WILL BE NEXT TO YOU AND
THAT IMAGE AND WE WILL KEEP
TALKING AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST
FEW YEARS OUR HEARTS ARE WITH
YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH