Morale of Ukrainians is high. They believe in their victory 

Baku/24.05.22/Turan: It has been three months of the war in Ukraine. Russia's territorial claims to Ukraine and aggression on Ukrainian land are ongoing.

What is the situation in Ukraine right now?

Photojournalist and correspondent of the Turan information agency, Aziz Kerimov news agency who returned from a trip to Ukraine, and Azerbaijani activist Yalcin Gahramanoglu who lives in Ukraine, spoke about it in the "Difficult Question" program.

According to Yalcin Gahramanoglu, a resident of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital is now calm. 

"A great number of residents have returned to their homes. Two days earlier Mr. Klitschko, the mayor of Kiev, addressed to the people of Kiev as saying that he had held meetings with representatives of embassies and diplomats from 26 countries. This is illustrative of the fact most of the diplomatic missions have resumed their activities in Kiev. It will also serve for the return of the inhabitants," he said.

This notwithstanding, says Gahramanoglu, some unease is still in the air. 

"From time to time there is an air raid alert - a siren is sounded.  Kiev citizens have also been warned that there are a lot of mined areas around the city," he explained.

According to Gahramanoglu, on the whole the situation in Ukraine is, of course, tense. 

"There are heavy fights ongoing in Donbass. For a whole week now, the armed forces of Ukraine have been repulsing incessant attacks by the Russian army in the city of Severodonetsk, there are heavy losses. However, despite everything, the morale of the Ukrainians is high. People believe in their victory," he said.

Aziz Kerimov confirms Gahramanoglu's words about the Ukrainians' confidence in their victory. 

"The Ukrainians are consolidated and believe they will win," he said.

During the conversation, Kerimov noted that many of those he spoke to in Ukraine considered Russia to be the closest country to them. 

"They did not perceive Russia as a foreign country, especially since many of them have relatives and friends there. But then, all of a sudden everything turned upside down, everything collapsed. As a result of the war unleashed by Russia, many residents of Ukraine lost their children, parents, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and lost their homes," Kerimov said.

According to him, Ukrainians are now experiencing a fierce hatred of Russians. 

"They keep saying that probably only after dozens of generations will their attitude toward Russians change.Ukrainians are thirsty for revenge and are determined to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine at any cost," the photographer told IA Turan.-0-

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