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Zero

That's it.

The day is over. Right, kitty?

You survived again.

So you will live on.

I told you, if you survive New Year's Eve then...

A miracle have come on New Year's Eve.

If you survive New Year's, you will live on.

Will you?

- Cool.

I go and swim in the river.

Nobody has fired so far...

One

THOSE WHO APPLY FOR A RUSSIAN PASSPORT SUPPORT THE INVADERS

- Stop!

- Stop, where are you going?

- Where are you going?!

Fuck...

This way!

- Quiet!

- Keep running!

- Stop!

- Stop here!

Those who are behind don't push.

- I don't look the same? - You do.

- Ok.

- Changed? Of course... - All's good.

- I know it...

- Thank you!

RAPID RESPONSE SQUAD

- Bus to Sieverodonetsk,

Novoaidar, Lysychansk, Rubizhne. The bus is about to leave.

- Excuse me.

YOUR RELATIVE IS MISSING IN THE DONBAS CONFLICT? Call 0-800...

- And here... Put date here. - It's the 10th, right?

- Yes.

The 10th of October...

2018.

- Here too? - Yes. Your name, signature, position.

- And the houses around here, they weren't restored, right?

- Well, look there, a new roof has been installed, across the train tracks.

I guess a bit further that way, across the train tracks,

a house has been fully restored by our engineers.

In Kondrashovka... I don't really remember...

Anyway, our engineers fully reconstructed the houses in Stanytsia and Krymskoe.

- I'm sick, I can't walk... My back hurts so bad...

- It's okay, give me two minutes.

- Maybe we should go there and ask?

- Just wait for two minutes.

ATTENTION! NARROW BRIDGE

Two

- Come on, just do it two more times.

- From the top? - No, don't read from the top again.

- "That's when I realized..."? - The Rapid Response...

- That's when I realized that the Red Cross had become a part of my life.

And also volunteering, which I had started in the Rapid Response Squads of the Red Cross.

Volunteering in the Red Cross is a way of life which...

- Andriy! Volunteering in the Red Cross is a way of life.

You sound like a robot! like:

Volunteering in the Red Cross is a way of life which helps you understand

the needs of the others, blah-blah-blah...

Let's do it again. With emotion!

- Volunteering in the Red Cross is a way of life which helps you understand

other people, develop yourself,

help those in need, and become a better person.

- And the last one?

- I'm a volunteer in the Red Cross and I'm proud of it?

- Are you asking me?

Whether or not you're proud?

Try to be a bit more confident.

100 YEARS OF CHARITY

And now I would like to give the stage to a person with a difficult fate.

Andriy Suleyman, a volunteer With the Ukrainian Red Cross.

He used to live in Syria.

When the Syrian conflict started, he moved to the Luhansk region with his parents.

When the Ukrainian conflict started, he became a Red Cross volunteer.

W'd like to give him the stage.

Give a big hand to the man who came from one war to another.

- Good evening, dear friends.

A volunteer is a person who does socially important deeds

and doesn't demand anything in return.

The scope... The scope of those activities can vary widely.

But a volunteer always brings good will, hope, and love.

My name is Suleiman Andriy, I was born in the Syrian Arab Republic.

My mother is Ukrainian and my father is Kurdish.

Up until the 9th grade, I lived and went to school in Syria.

When the armed conflict began in Syria,

my mother, my younger brother, and I were forced to leave the country

and to move to Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, where our relatives live.

Later, my father moved to Ukraine as well.

After the beginning of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2014,

Red Cross Rapid Response Squads...

Honor to our heroes!

Glory! Glory! Glory!

Glory to our heroes!

Glory! Glory! Glory!

Glory to our heroes!

Glory! Glory! Glory!

Three

- What's happening in your country? - God knows what.

- You should follow the news. I was watching yesterday.

- So ISIS is not in that area?

- Not in the city where my family lives.

- Wait, is it in the north? They are Kurds?

- Yes, yes. - So they are the opposition?

Right? - That depends on your perspective.

- Well, for the Syrian government.

- Are you from that area? - I'm from Hasakah.

- How am I supposed to know where this Hasakah is? Is there hostility against your people?

- Yes, against everyone. Everyone fights for themselves.

- I'm just saying, Kurds live in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria.

And you bother all of these countries.

Why?

- We are approaching the checkpoint.

STOP CONTROL

RESTRICTED AREA. REDUCE SPEED TO 3 MPH. PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ID. GUNFIRE ZONE.

- This place used to be a desert too.

Nothing but sand.

So many! Gosh!

- Hello?

- One by one, please, so we don't get confused.

- Five more.

- Get in a line! - One, two...

Please form a line while the guys are unloading. We have enough time to give something to everyone.

Everyone should have three sheets. Check...

One, two...

We brought you these stoves, commonly called "bulerian" or "burzhuika".

But these are modern, they have a special cooking surface.

We suggest you install these at home.

We know that all of you heat your homes by burning wood.

Everybody knows that winters here are cold.

Everybody knows that we always heated with wood and we will stick to that.

So, on the forms we are handing out to you,

please write your name and tick the box.

- Give me two. - No, wait. Why do you need two?

Your neighbors can come tomorrow, we will provide one for everyone.

We brought the exact number for those who receive greenhouses today.

Tomorrow, we will bring some for your neighbors.

- Khan? We're leaving.

Let's go, Khan, let's go!

Khan!

Khan, baby, let's go.

Hurry up!

Come here!

Come on, come on!

Good guys!

Come on, drink some milk. Good girl!

That's it.

Go on.

That's enough for you.

Oh, that's enough.

You're my little girl. Good girl!

That's it.

Let's go, girls! C'mon! C'mon!

Who's there? Come out.

Who's there? Girls, come out.

Oh, good girls.

C'mon, c'mon!

Good girls. Here is a goat, our handsome man.

Right, Borenka?

Run, run!

C'mon, c'mon!

Go, go!

Go, graze!

Yes, eat some branches.

- Did you hear that, guys?

- The checkpoint.

- And where were they building that tower?

- The Tower of Babel? - Yes.

- In Babylon. - And where is Babylon?

- Geographically, it was situated...

Close to Iraq, a bit higher. Approximately between Iraq and Turkey.

- So it's Kurdish, right?

- Nah, it was Babylon. Ba... Babylonians. What were they called?

- Whatever. So what, the tower is still there?

- No, the tower has been gone for a long time.

- Not even a single stone left? - Exactly.

Four

- Hello? - Hello?

- Hello! - Hello!

How are you, Mohammad?

- Everything is fine. How are you?

- Thank Allah. And how are you?

- Thank Allah, everything's good. I saw you're online and decided to call.

- Thank Allah, everything is fine. How are you, how are your children?

- Thank Allah, everything is fine, the children are well.

I hope your kids are well, too. What's going on with you? Are you in Aleppo?

- Yes, I'm in Aleppo. - I see, that's good.

- What's your situation? - Things are so so... Until recently, everything was fine.

- Is there any military action?

- I told you that until recently everything was fine,

a week ago everything was very good, But for the past four days there's been gunfire again.

- Which fighter division? Is it "Jabhat al-Nusra"?

- Yes, those bastards.

- Aha, I see. - Well, tell me, are you alright?

- Thank Allah, so far everything is good.

- Where are you now? - I'm in Ukraine.

- How are the children?

- Well, Andriy and Arseniy are in their fifth year of college.

- Thank Allah.

- How's Arseniy's health?

- It's okay. But when he stands for a long time, his legs start to hurt.

Besides that, everything is fine.

Arseniy and Hilma were engaged. - Hilma?

Yes. - Oh là là, what a surprise.

When was that? - A month and a half ago.

Everyone congratulated me, except you.

- But I only just found out!

- Hello?

- So, it's peace? - War!.

- War! War!

- Stop breaking the couch.

- Dad, you're so greedy.

- Just stop breaking the couch. - Greedy pants!

- What are we going to sing? You start.

Start!

Why do you rustle as you sway, Slender Rowan?

With your head bent toward the wooden fence?

With my thin branches I would press against him

And with his leaves I would whisper day and night.

- It used to be different. Maybe, because family relationships are different now.

The family was big, everybody would gather together, so you really needed a lot of food.

And all of this porcelain... I think it's useless now.

They say, we don't know the price of a thing until we lose it.

When we lose it, we realize what it meant.

- When you learn to live without what used to.

- You always play with fire. Now pick up the burning stick.

- Do I look like a fool to you? - Who knows.

- A fool.

That's so cool, isn't it? Bonfire, nature...

- Everybody keeps telling me to go there. It's better there.

Everything is there.

- I'm not ready for this. I don't want to. I'll feel unwell there.

I would really like to return to Syria, to help people.

- Well, I don't know about Syria. It's a barren land.

Return where?

EXPLOSIVES TECHNICIAN

Five

- He likes women.

- Move it a little bit that way.

Maybe we should move it a little further? - No, we will secure it in place now.

I was looking for this tiara everywhere. In Chinese and Afghan stores.

- Yes, sometimes they sell tiaras in Afghan stores.

- I checked everywhere and didn't find anything. So I had to go with what they had.

- At the end, I got this one.

- I've got headache. - That's why hookah is bad for many people.

It's good only for two.

- When it's a lot of us we light more than one.

- I don't like when there's a lot of them, one is enough.

- And we smoke really a lot, it's something crazy.

- Same for us, 24/7!

- And I haven't smoked since yesterday because of the guests.

- Oh, my head was really busy that day.

Let's go, Let's go!

Let's go! Now!

- That's good. Look at her. - Okay.

- Kiss her hand. - Okay.

- Raise you head towards me.

- 101 years old. I work at an old people's home. - I see.

- I have a lot of people like that. One will be 100. Another one turns 100 too.

We had one who turned 103. - That's beautiful.

- It's unbelievable. Unbelievable!

- Now kiss.

Good. Now move a bit to the right.

- I can stand a bit closer. - Yes, do that.

- I'm very happy about your marriage.

Because you, my brother Arseniy, married my cousin.

- Tell her to take care of me.

- No, you take care of her and don't offend her.

- I could offend the whole world, but I will not offend her.

I promise. - Yes, I'm asking you to listen to each other.

I wish you the best.

- Hey, you spoil everything.

- Easy, dude!

Six

- Hello? - Hello?

- Hi! How are you? - Hi!

- Is everyone fine? - Yes, and you?

- Thank Allah, everything is fine. Yes, it's Gulnaz.

Gulnaz, are you there? Hello? - Hello?

- You completely disappeared on me lately. Didn't text me back.

- We have poor Internet connection here. Even though we pay for it, it still works poorly.

You'll see, the connection will fail.

- I see. How are you?

- Hello?

The Internet is poor, Luda.

Hello?

- Did they tell you when we can come back?

- No. Don't make a mistake, don't come back now.

- No, we shouldn't come now?

- No.

Even those who are in Iraq, like us, can't go right now. Don't go there until it's calm.

Don't listen to the news and TV, it's all fake.

- Alright. We'll come when you tell us.

- Inshallah.

Don't make a mistake. No matter who tells you to go, don't go.

- We are not going to until our children graduate. We won't go until then.

- In Hasakah, they throw grenades everywhere. Just to scare people.

They kill people indiscriminately.

- You could go to Germany to complete your education. Am I right?

- Yes, you are.

- Your uncles have considered sending their kids to Europe. You wanted to go there, right?

- Yes, right.

- Am I lying? - No, of course not.

- Why did I come here? I could go back to Syria, nothing is holding me here.

I was important there, I could solve my problems over the phone.

Why do you think I came here? Only for my children.

- Thank you very much, father.

- But my children don't listen to me and don't respect me.

Who do I live for?

- Do you want some molten chocolate?

I can share.

- This period has been rough, we broke up, and I'm actually very grateful to you.

Honestly.

- You're welcome.

- Thank you so much.

- You can relax.

I told you the truth. Please, just trust me.

- I trust you.

I'm just saying that you don't have to feel guilty.

And if you... - I won't feel it if you don't tell me

things like what you told me today.

- Okay. - Then it will be easier.

I'm sure we will be able to work together without any problems.

We're be able to have friendly communication. We can do this.

Seven

- Come here, come here!

Come here!

Happy Navruz! - Happy Navruz to you too!

- Come on!

Come join the circle! Are you with us?

- I don't dance very well. - Don't worry, come on!

Come on! Come here!

Come here!

This is Arabic music. - Arabic? I don't know this.

- You will learn it.

- This is the cry of the soul.

- What are they doing? - It's a play.

People are dancing and the bombing begins. One person dies, but they keep on dancing.

This terrorist attack actually happened. People made a play about of it.

It's what they went through.

- For how long have you not spoken Kurdish? - For a long time.

- How long ago did you leave Syria?

- I left seven years ago and moved to Ukraine. And stayed there.

- Did you come for vacation? - No, I'm on a working trip.

- So you live in Russia now? - No, in Ukraine.

- Welcome! - Thank you!

- Is life good there?

- It depends. The country is good. The people are good.

- Are they tolerant? Is there any racism?

- It depends.

I would lie if I said that everyone is tolerant.

It's very painful to be far from your country and beloved ones.

A foreign land is a foreign land.

I've never been to Kurdistan. It's my first time. I arrived yesterday.

- If you met Kurds, you've seen life. - I still feel like I'm dreaming.

- In half an hour or less we will drive through a place.

We call this place "camp". In Arabic, it's called "Mokhayam".

It's a Syrian camp. Nowhere else in the world will you find a camp like this.

- Is it hard for you?

- When the war was still going on, it was better for us.

- Why?

- It was interesting and my legs were still unharmed.

We learned how to fight well.

Do you feel this cold? In the rain, in freezing winter...

Put on ten coats, it still won't help! And we fought in the mud with guns in our hands.

Now I'm limping on one leg. - What?

- I'm limping on this leg! - A bullet?

- Do you see this shoe? I wore it just to meet you.

It would be rude to meet you without shoes on.

I don't usually put on the shoe before bandaging the leg.

One hour of walking like this and I'm not able to go on anymore.

Do you know what I mean?

That's why I'm limping on one leg.

- Are you sitting comfortably? - Right now, it's okay.

What can you do? This is life.

We also think that we'll eventually become like all the other people. We'll have our own country too.

- For instance, I live in this camp and wait for my children to send me money.

Do you understand? - Yes, yes. I wish you a long life and peace.

Here, where we live, all the foreigners are mixed.

- Salaam Alaikum! - As Alaikum Salaam!

- Do you know where doctor Mizgin lives?

- Doctor Mizgin...

Is he a massage therapist? - Yes.

- That way! I'll show you.

- Massage therapist? - Yes.

- Go straight and then turn left.

- That turn? - Yes, on that street and then you'll see his house.

- This side? - Yes, this side. And then a little bit further.

- In this street? His house is here?

- There is a white van, and the house is right behind it.

- Oh, my love.

- What happened?

- Is this a surprise?

- How are you? - Good.

- Bring a big glass of water.

- For how long do you want to stay with me?

- I'll stay here until I go to Hewlêr, and then I'll go back.

- Okay, fine.

And from there you'll go to Syria?

- Yes, maybe until the 25th.

- Welcome! - Thank you.

- How did you do this? - It's fine.

- My love!

- How are you? - Fine.

- Welcome!

- Welcome!

- How are you? - I'm fine, and you?

- Fine, thank you. Mashalla, you grew up.

- How are you? - I'm okay.

- Have you seen Khoshnav's and our house? - No, only from afar.

- Do other people live there now?

- Yes. We don't have a house.

- It goes on your clothes.

You should pin it here.

- I was looking for one of these.

- It should be like this. - Okay.

- Take it! It's a gift.

- Really? Thank you, friend!

- How will you get across? The bridge is flooded. - Which bridge?

- The one at the border. - When was it flooded?

- Two days ago. - Is it under water?

You're out of luck, don't go there.

- No, it'll sort itself out. Last time it was the same. - Two days ago?

- When garbage piles up under the bridge, it gets overloaded and a wave of water hits it.

- And then it becomes submerged.

- There are a lot of reasons - they direct water from Turkey and Mosul into the Tiger river.

- But you won't get there unless the rain stops.

- Two more days they'll be solving that question.

These flinders from the trees, they float,

clinger's to the bridge and overload it so it drowns.

- It's difficult for me to get to Syria.

- Regarding your trip... It's hard for you to get there.

- Move to this side.

Again, again! Move it like this.

- Like this? - Yes.

Yes, and now pull here. Once again.

Relax, let it come back.

Again.

Pull, relax. Okay.

- Make a fist. - I do.

I do.

- Now close this one too.

Help him put on his jacket.

- Does this hurt? - Yes.

- Turn it.

The other way round.

Lift it. Okay.

- You were shot on this side.

Walk up and down, please.

They were treated.

Eight

Peace be upon you

May peace be upon all who come.

May peace be upon all who come and pass away.

May peace be upon you.

May peace be upon you.

May peace be upon all who come and pass away.

- I wish you a safe journey.

- Andriy, Kurds used to meet here. The Iraqi Kurds gathered on this riverbank,

and the Syrian Kurds stood on the other side. They would shout across to each other.

- Azad did my paperwork, but there was a problem.

The water is too high.

- Hello?

Hello? Yes, brother?

Good, thank Allah.

I'm telling you, my paperwork is done,

but I couldn't go there, because of flooding.

Can you hear me?

Hello?

Hello?

Nine

Pray for Lazgin Suleiman, the father of Andriy Suleiman.

Today he is being taken away to his homeland. To Syria.

- Look, we are so late. It's too late!

It's gonna take you at least one more hour!

- Let them check him inside the ambulance.

- You're gonna open and close him for another hour.

Are you satisfied now?

Just cover him and that's it.

Who's phone is this?

- Lift it and pull it up.

Let's lift it. One-two!

Turn around!

- This is in front of your house?

- Yes, it's before mom, Arseniy, and I took the coffin to the airport.

- Send me this video.

Send it to me.

Qurbani

- Is it alright like this?

You've come a long way to the border with Syria.

Even now. While grieving a death.

You wouldn't be able to finish your journey.

To see your father's funeral with your own eyes.

Zero

- "Ich habe Kopfschmerzen". I have a headache.

- "Vier Jahre in Deutschland". Four years in Germany.

"Ich vermisse das kurdische Essen aus meiner Stadt" - I miss the Kurdish food from my city.

- City? It's Medina?

- Yes, like Amude and Al-Hasakah

- "Stadt Al-Hasakah"? The city of Al-Hasakah?

- And if I want to say "I really miss Syria and my town Al-Hasakah?

- If you want to say "I miss Syria" you say "Ich vermisse meine Heimat"

- "Meine Heimat. Heimatland". My homeland. Homeland.

- What? One by one.

- "In meiner Heimat gibt es Krieg". There is war in my homeland.

"es gibt Krieg". there is war.

- G or K?

- "es gibt Krieg".

It's the letter "K". Krieg.

- Okay. What is the next?

- "In meiner Heimat gibt es Krieg" There is war in my homeland.

- What's the word for 'War'?

- Krieg? - Krieg