Alexandra Petruck

“We don’t just have to repair, we have to rebuild. We don’t want to be a city of poor people asking for money. We want to be a partner ready to build new enterprises with other partners. Ukraine will be a big partner after the war and we need to be prepared now.”

“What we need is an armoury fleet, fighting vehicles. Imagine a wounded person being transported in a vehicle and that vehicle hitting a mine and that person being wounded a second time. We have to help Ukraines wounded service men and women. Most of the military who have been wounded dream of returning to the battlefield.”

“Fear and propoganda is what’s branding [Russia] brains and because of fear, people lose common sense. It’s horrifying when you’re being lied to all the time. The sufferings of the civil population is difficult to describe...

[d]on’t forget who [Ukrainians] are. We are the people of the free world and [war] is the genocide of the idea of the free world. The destruction of values that yours and my ancestors have died for. ”

“[I am] Grateful to Ukrainian people for their effort to make other countries like Moldova feel safer. Understanding the enormous sacrifice they are making to protect other European countries. We believe Ukraine will win and that construction will start and those investors who aren’t afraid of rust will count on a higher premium.”

“I remember the day Ukraine became independent. I was 20; now I am over 40. It was like one second - time goes so fast. If we wait, the next 20 years will go by. We have a choice to wait or to fight for the better future of our country. I know better than anyone: no fight, no win.”

“Impossible can be made possible. People who were innocent but killed... they make this land holy with their sacrifice and holy land has magical energy. We can be a beacon for the world. A world very complex and at a crossroads. It’s essential for the synergy that we have formed amongst governments and mayors that it gets preserved. This nation is invincible. We will get back up and together we can be better than before.”

“We don’t have the luxury to relax or rest. We simply cannot lose. To be a hero can be taught and I know how to teach people to become heroes and how to motivate. We need more intellectual elites in our military.”

”It’s a choice to serve and I made that choice. I have also chosen to continue.”

“Russian people will be held accountable and take responsibility for this shameful page in their history.”

”When we feel like the work we do and our effort towards this war feel insignificant here is something to think about: We are all just a single drop of water. But when we all come together each drop can create an ocean.”

“The biggest contribution to the Ukrainian resilience is to keep the economy functioning. Ukrainians aren’t just defending their lives and country, they are defending all of our values.”

“Please get the capital and get the resources into the hands of Ukrainians and they will do all the rest.”

“To make the impossible possible. We have and will continue to do so. Here, at the front lines most of my comrades are not professional military. I, like many have learned from YouTube how to use an assault riffle. We are made up of IT people, lawyers, metal workers.. and we are now the best trained military in all of Europe holding this front line. When we are low on ammo we are almost helpless. For us, military equipment is key, ammo is key. Artillery is there to protect us and when we are low on ammo we are almost helpless and that’s the result in loss of human life. ”

“Our city [Kharkiv] is considered to be one of the most ruined, damaged cities. 30 km from the Russian boarder where most people have been killed. It’s an extremely challenging time for us right now. But we are persevering and standing our values. We understand that we are rescuing the world right now as much as we can.

There is one bid that I have to share from Ukrainian doctors and it’s, ‘Don’t forget about us.’

We need to survive because Ukraine is above everything to us. Slava Ukraini.”

“It’s really important for us to unite efforts and to be a United Global diaspora and so [Temerty Foundation] have made great effort to support the Ukrainian World Congress and their Unite with Ukraine campaign. Ukrainians want to know that they aren’t alone right now and that this war is our war.”

“My kids ended their childhood on the 21st of February [2022]. They became adults. It’s not about their age. It was the break up on the phone with their friends who said that there was a rocket launched at their home and that there began war.”

“We are always thinking about the safety of not only our workers but also our customers. With 10,000 employees displaced because of the war we understood that we should support them, so we continued to support them by continuing to pay salaries and medical insurance.”

“This war has changed warfare globally.”

”It’s risky to invest in Ukraine but it’s more risky not to invest. The number one opportunity in Ukraine is the people. What Ukrainian people have shown since the full scale invasion has been incredible. The resilience... Invest in the people of Ukraine.”

“We in the collective west are trying to provide layered air defence. Before the decision was made on patriots the decision was made on NASAMS and there are other anti air systems that are making their way to Ukraine to handle threats at different altitudes.”