CENTURY.
FOR "HERE & NOW", I'M NATHAN
DENZEN.
>> Frederica: "HERE & NOW"
THOUGH UKRAINE IS NO LONGER
FRONT OF MIND THE WAR FROM
RUSSIA'S INVASION NEARLY ONE
YEAR AGO CONTINUES TO RAVAGE THE
COUNTRY'S PEOPLE.
SOME WISCONSIN ITS REFUSE TO LET
UP IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SEND AID
OVERSEAS INCLUDING OUR NEXT
GUEST WHO SENT MORE THAN $25
MILLION WORTH OF GOODS TO THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Frederica: DO YOU FIND THE
WAR IS NO LONGER TOP OF MIND FOR
AMERICANS.
>> THE DEATH IS NO LONGER A NEWS
TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
WE'RE USED TO HEARING ABOUT
DYING AND CHILDREN ARE DYING
BORN AND UNBORN AND IT'S NOT IN
THE NEWS ANYMORE.
HOWEVER, I SEE THERE'S BIG AW
AWAKENING IN THE PEOPLE AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS TOUCHING THE
QUESTION WHICH WORLD DO WE WANT
TO SEE WHERE DO WE GO WITH ALL
THAT IS IN FRONT OF US?
WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE.
IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS SHOCK
AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORT GIVEN TO
UKRAINE JUST FROM LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND BIGGER
ORGANIZATIONS AND GENERALLY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE
HELPED SO MUCH.
IT'S TRUE AT THIS POINT A LITTLE
BIT WE ARE SHIFTING TO THE --
THERE'S A CONTRAST, RIGHT.
PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE DONE AND
FINISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
YET IT GOES ON AND RIGHT NOW WE
ALL FEEL IN UKRAINE WE FEEL DEEP
LET'S SAY FOCUS.
WE'LL GO ON UNTIL THE WAR IS
GOING TO BE OVER AND THERE'LL BE
A VICTORY.
>> Frederica: WHAT YOUR HEARING
FROM PEOPLE IN UKRAINE ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS NOW.
>> CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE
QUITE SEVERE.
IT'S WINTER AND OUR COUNTRY'S
LIVING ON 30% ENERGY SUPPLY.
SOME PARTS OF KYIV ARE
STRUGGLING, OUR CAPITAL, RIGHT
NOW ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEAT AND
ELECTRICITY.
EVERY CITY HAS A PARTICULAR
SCHEDULE WHEN THEY CAN HAVE
ELECTRICITY WHICH MEANS YOU'RE
ONLY LIMITED TO A CERTAIN TIME
TO PREPARE YOUR FOOD AND IMAGINE
IF YOU HAVE ELDER PEOPLE OR
CHILDREN THERE'S SMALL YOUNG
BABIES, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
VERY DIFFICULT, VERY HARD RIGHT
NOW.
>> Frederica: YOUR ORGANIZATION
SENDS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF
DONATED GOODS EVERYTHING FROM
CLOTHES AND FOOD TO BLANKETS BUT
IT SEEMS IMPORTANTLY MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND THESE ARE IN THE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS AS WE POINTED OUT
YOUR SENDING.
HOW ARE THESE MEDICAL SUPPLIES
BEING USED?
>> SO ONCE WE SHIP EVERYTHING TO
UKRAINE AND WE WORK OUT OF THE
WAREHOUSE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
I HAVE A BIG GROUP OF
VOLUNTEERS, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO
ARE IMMIGRANTS A LONG TIME AGO
OR THOSE THAT CAME THROUGH THE
PROGRAM FOR YOU AND THEY HAVE A
VERY GREAT DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE
IN ANY WAY TO GIVE THEM
OPPORTUNITY.
ONCE EVERYTHING IS STACK IN BIG
PALLETS, WE SEND THOSE TO NEW
JERSEY TO A GREAT COMPANY WE
WORK WITH AND IT'S SHIPPED TO
WARSAW AND TRANSFERRED TO THE
CITY I'M FROM I'M A CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES BUT I WAS
IMMIGRATED 21 YEARS AGO AND
CHALICE OF MERCY EXISTED FOR 15
YEARS OF MY AMERICAN LIFE.
ONCE IT REACHES THE DESTINATION
WE HAVE TEAMS FROM HOSPITAL AND
MOBILE CLINICS THAT SAVE LIVES
ON THE SPOT RIGHT THERE AND
WOUNDED PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS ARE
SO VAST TIMES JUST A SMALL
CLINIC RECEIVES ABOUT 100
WOUNDED SOLDIERS A DAY AND IT'S
GOING TO BE A SEVERE SURGERY,
SERIOUS MATTERS.
WE COLLECT EVERYTHING REQUESTED
AND WE GO TO THE FRONT LINES AND
BRING THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR
THEY GET IT FROM THE WAREHOUSE
WE DISTRIBUTE FROM.
>>
>> Frederica: WHY DO YOU WORK SO
HARD TO DO THIS?
>> IT'S MY COUNTRY AND MY HEART
IS SUFFERING WITH THE PEOPLE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHAT
UKRAINE IS GOING THROUGH.
IT'S A HAPPY COUNTRY AND HAPPY
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE THAT ARE HARD WORKING
WHICH JUST DESIRE TO HAVE OUR
OWN -- TO CONTINUE OUR FUTURE
WITHOUT HAVING THIS COMMUNISTIC
SOCIALISTIC IDEOLOGIES AND IT'S
SO MUCH IN MY HEART BECAUSE I
GREW UP IN THE TIME WHEN THE
SOVIET UNION FELL AND IT WAS
STILL IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S A GOOD THING.
AND NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT ANY
MORE BECAUSE UKRAINE AND LET ME
PUT IT THIS WAY, UKRAINE ALWAYS
HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF WAR AND VERY
SOON WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY AND
PARTIAL INVASION HAPPENED NINE
YEARS BUT BEFORE THAT WAS 100
YEARS WHICH STARTED FROM THE MAN
MADE FAMINE AND THE REVOLUTION
AND THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE DIED
BECAUSE OF STARVATION.
WE WOULDN'T SUBMIT TO THE
RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM AND SO MUCH
WITHIN ME AND TOUCHES ME TO HAVE
MY COUNTRY TO BREAKTHROUGH FROM
THAT SILK THREAD WHICH WE HAVE
BEEN TIED TO THE RED DRAGON'S
TAIL.
>> Frederica: WE LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK,