Jérémy, a Frenchman living in kyiv, returned to BFMTV back in the day in the Ukrainian capital, when a hail of Russian missiles hit many civilian installations.
“The alert was given quite early, at 6:47 a.m. And the first missile to hit the ground was at 8:15 a.m., so we were aware of it,” he said. “We never forget that we are in a country at war,” Jérémy stressed, describing the atmosphere in Kyiv as that of a “dead city.”
“After the first explosion, we have doubts. But in the second, we understand” that there is bombing. “And we think that’s it, here we go again.”
“no panic”
“Even if the city has not been attacked for four months, we are at war. There is no panic,” says Jéremy, who claims to have taken refuge in the Ukrainian capital’s metro only after hearing two shots. “I stayed there for three hours.”
“Although we know that we are in a country at war, we get used to being at war. I am not going to say that we are less afraid of danger because the danger is permanent. But I reacted like this”, justifies the French expatriate.
An attitude, according to him, that is also that of many Ukrainians. “Last week there was an alert. People were asked to leave a store to protect themselves, I can guarantee you that they stayed outside. (…) It is not fatigue, but relaxation,” says Jéremy.
This Monday night, some city lights remained off at sunset. It really gave the impression of a “dead city”, launches the French.
Source: BFM TV
