AC360 Special Report: A Mother’s Diary of War

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Anderson Cooper tells the story of a Ukrainian mother who has lived through the Russian invasion with her 3 young children, and visits her in her home in Kyiv to see how they have been surviving the war so far. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The war in Ukraine is the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.
0:05.6	The Russian invasion to overthrow Ukraine's government and take control has become a grinding
0:10.9	war of attrition.
0:12.3	Tonight, we want you to see the war through the eyes of one Ukrainian mother.
0:16.7	Her name is Elena Ganes, she's 36 and lives in Kiev.
0:21.1	She was a tour guide before the invasion and posted videos about her life and country
0:25.3	on a YouTube channel she called What is Ukraine?
0:28.9	The war began, she continued to document her family's experience, sleeping in a basement
0:34.2	shelter, never knowing if they would survive through the night.
0:40.3	Hello ladies and gentlemen.
0:42.1	This is your guide Elena and all our family.
0:46.7	Katya, Daraas, and over there, Darina and our Diri.
0:56.6	Darina Ganes lives in Kiev with her husband Sergei and their three children.
1:03.4	It's two days before the Russian invasion.
1:05.9	The U.S. is warning an attack may be imminent.
1:10.0	Like many Ukrainians, Elena doesn't think Russia will invade.
1:13.6	You know, everybody right now is following the news in Ukraine because basically we don't
1:20.4	know what is going to happen.
1:22.6	Yes, and of course there is a lot of anxiety in the air because right now, at this moment,
1:29.7	right now, today, everything is absolutely fine.
1:33.9	But I don't know and nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow.
1:43.9	The routines of daily life in Kiev continue.
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