This is the Guardian.

A week ago, he had an office job.

Today, a young Ukrainian,

and why he came back to his country,

picked up a gun and joined the fight for Kiev.

It's been a week since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian defence against a much larger, much more powerful army

has surprised the world and the Russians.

But for all their heroism and spirit,

the Ukrainians are facing really tough odds.

Russia claims to have taken the city of Kherson in the south.

It's been bombarding the cities of Mariupol and Harkiv with missiles and artillery.

There appears the capital Kiev could soon be completely encircled by Russian forces.

Standing between Russian troops and that possibility is the regular Ukrainian army

and the volunteers of Ukraine's territorial defence.

People who, until last week, were just students,

software engineers, doctors, civilians.

The Great Wall of the Sea

Late yesterday, we managed to reach one of those people.

Hello. Hello. I'm fine. Thank you.

I'm fine. This is the whole situation in our country.

Yeah, God, I'm sorry. It's a strange question to ask you.

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