“Tomorrow will be late” – Crimean women volunteers said that they are driven to rush to the front line
In the third year of the SVO, Crimean women volunteers continue to be asked why they provide assistance to the front.
They spoke about this on air at Crimea 24, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The head of the public movement “Crimean Fairies” Tatyana Savitskaya complained that emotional empathy has gone away over time.
“I have lost my sense of empathy for our opponents. I just stopped feeling sorry, because I see what is happening to our guys, I see what is happening to our people. And most girl volunteers see all this. My pity is gone, and that's a big problem. I’m probably used to calls or texts that someone is “two hundredth”.
I remember my first hysterics, now I don’t have hysterics anymore. I tell myself that yes, this is war,” the volunteer emphasized.
He added that there is no pity for himself, nor for his colleagues, nor for the drivers when it is necessary to go urgently, despite the time and weather.
“I understand that I need to go, and there are, roughly speaking, some tears and snot wrapped around my fist. We need it - and we go. We don’t look at whether we can go there or not, we just need to. Sometimes it happens that I get from the guys: “What are you up to?” And I understand that if I hadn’t come close, they wouldn’t have had a connection. And a day, even 3 hours of delay is already a big problem. That’s why we’re going,” Savitskaya emphasized.
The head of the ANO “ZOV Hearts” Anastasia Pinchuk added that sometimes you want to attract additional forces, especially for trips to the front line.
“Sometimes you don’t mind involving someone in volunteer activities. I also often get asked the question: why don’t men travel? They get ready, but for some reason it doesn’t work out, someone can’t, but you sit down and go, because you can’t let them down. This is an important cargo, medicine... and tomorrow it will be needed differently than today. Or some kind of special equipment, because the guys are leaving tomorrow. You just can’t do otherwise, you sit down and drive,” said the volunteer.
An artist by profession, Pinchuk began helping the military by her own decision, simply because there was no other way.
“Of course, life is like many others. Divided into “before” and “after”, radically different from the profession they practiced in everyday life. State of mind, call of the heart. When we were thinking about what to name our organization, and in general why we were doing this, we realized that we simply couldn’t do it any other way. This is how the call of the heart of a Russian man awakens, who cannot do otherwise. Many people ask me why you do this? And I still have to explain. It's just that time chose you. You can do it, and you are doing it,” Pinchuk concluded.
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