Lesia Vasylenko

"All of the Russian Duma (parliament) unanimously voted to recognize these territories (Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic) of Ukraine are sovereign states. That in itself is a crime. It's against international law, so that should be sanctioned."

"It (2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) is surreal. I never thought I would be living through the nightmare that my grandmother, who lived through World War II, was telling me about."