2025 Katya Ukraina final whithout subtitles

My name is Katia, I am 16 years old and I am telling

this story because I want to help people with this project

and make it useful for young people.

Before the war started, I lived in Odessa,

I went to school and when coronavirus started,

I have started learning online.

And so I studied online until the war started.

Then I moved to Poland, where my sister took me

under her care and became my guardian.

I came to Poland because war happened in Ukraine

and it was dangerous to live there.

Terrible things are happening in Ukraine now.

Every day, houses collapse, millions of people die.

Someone loses father in the war.

Someone loses hope.

Someone get hope.

Someone lives with the hope that there will be victory,

and someone has already stopped believing in victory.

Many people are sitting without light, without water,

without hope for the future.

Many people live their lives thinking

that tomorrow will be theirs last day.

Many children study in the underground and

under the floor, during the terror, during the air alarms.

There are no safe places in Ukraine because they are bombing

all over the country, everywhere.

After that I had post-traumatic syndrome.

This whole situation affected me very much,

so nowadays I see nightmare every night.

I try not to live with this because

I had a really bad experience with this moment.

My psychological traumas stayed with me.

So it's better not to think about it.

My arrival in Poland took place on March 4th 2022.

I went by bus with other passengers to Lviv.

There they took us to a store where they gave us free food.

Then we went to another place

and then from there to the border of Ukraine.

Then we was on the border about 7 hours

and then they let us come into Poland.

Then they took us to a hotel for refugees from Ukraine.

And I stayed there for about a year.

Then my sister took over my protection

and took me to Warsaw.

It was September 2, 2022.

After moving to Poland I felt anxious, but

at the same time I am glad that everything will be okay.

And from the trip to Poland I expected new difficulties,

new opportunities and, of course, new life.

When we arrived in Rawa Mazowiecka, we stopped at hotel.

There were a lot of refuges.

The hotel is called Ossa.

There we were welcomed by very nice people

they fed us

They gave us clean clothes, they gave us clean pillowcases,

blankets, pillows...

In the morning when I woke up,

we were taken to the dining room where we were fed deliciously.

They gave us shampoo, soul care, toothpaste

toothbrushes and everything like that.

Then we went for a walk.

It was quite nice there.

When I went from Ukraine to Poland,

for me it was very uncomfortable for the first time,

it was difficult to adapt.

At first, it was very scary for me, because here was

a lot of people, everything happened so rarely.

I wasn't looking forward to this move

and I was scared that I would have to adapt to everything again.

I was sad because I missed my home,

missed my accustomed streets, missed the Ukrainian language

I missed the people who were in Ukraine.

I have faced difficulties such as language barrier.

At first it was very difficult for me to understand Polish language

and teach him.

It's still hard for me, but not as hard as it was before.

I also encountered such difficulties as recalling

name of the streets, mention where I am, how I am

not to lose and everything in that sense.

But the Poles are nice people and polite.

They don't get angry from the first second

if they don't understand me right away.

They are patient.

Yes, we had a lot of volunteers coming,

they brought us treats, pizza, something else, free confectionery,

they gave us toys, balloons - joy for the children

They brought lots of trampolines for the children to play with.

They brought us a carousel, which they set up in a vacant place

and we could play there all day for free.

They invited animators and various clowns

people in some costumes of superherous.

Sometimes they took us to Warsaw on excursions,

to the trampoline center for free.

They took us to McDonald's, various restaurants, shops, parks.

I really like everything here, landscapes, people are very nice.

It's great here, and there's the metro.

I would like to travel to other countries in the future,

for example to Italy or Spain,

and learn a few more languages.

I'm doing quite well with this.

I am currently in tenth grade and plan to

in the future become an English speaker, English teacher.

I would also like to draw and animate films.

I would like to ask people from other countries about

their life, what is their situation in the countries

about their prices, what is going with their education.

You can help refuges from Ukraine in this way:

Social assistance, product assistance, medical assistance,

repost media content about Ukraine in social medias.

Well, talk to child calmly, explain to him calmly,

if he didn't understand explain it to him 100 times,

explain it to him for the 101st time, don't shout at him

don't be ashamed of him if he says the truth,

because if he is ashamed of himself,

then he will tell lies because he is afraid,

that they are ashamed of him.

and ...

Well, just, how to say it,

be good to the child.

Do not bully a child.

I would be happy if I felt at home in Poland.

If I went to various events with Polish children,

like drawing, swimming, tennis, volleyball,

if we went for a walk in the park with them or

in the center of the trampoline.

I wish to people to be more open with those

who are surrounding you.

Once again, don't be afraid to speak with them,

invite them as guests, ask about their well-being,

do they need your help and just

be yourself.