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War in Ukraine: “We need weapons, ammunition, to fight the enemy”, recalls Olga Kurovska, Ukrainian interpreter
Olga and Sasha Kurovska, two Ukrainian sisters who have been living apart for almost twenty-two months due to the war, have published a diary of their correspondence. Wednesday November 29, they are the guests of 12/13 info to discuss the situation in their country. – (franceinfo)
Olga and Sasha Kurovska, two Ukrainian sisters who have lived apart for almost twenty-two months due to the war, have published a diary of their correspondence. They are the guests of 12/13 info, Wednesday November 29.
Olga Kurovska grew up in kyiv, Ukraine and moved to France in 2015, her sister Sasha still lives in Ukraine. Since the start of the conflict with Russia on February 24, 2022, the two women have lived apart and published their work on September 6 Olga and Sasha’s diary (Actes Sud editions), retracing their correspondence. Asked about the decline in support from the international community, Olga Kurovska says that “Ukrainians talk about it a lot and we feel this continuity of the endless war. We just want to say, but ‘what are we actually waiting for?’ We need weapons, ammunition, to fight the enemy…”
Support for the army
From Ukraine, Sasha Kurovska also feels this drop in support from the international community. “For me and for the Ukrainians, we must continue everything we are doing now, to support our army, to make more efforts and more harvests (…) especially financial,” explains the French teacher.
