KHARKIV 🇺🇦: How is Wartime Life on the Streets of Ukraine's Second City?

[@petsparade]

That church is gorgeous ⛪️

[@TheCueTube]

Nice one, Danny. Good to see you and good to see Kharkiv lives on...brilliant stuff. Take care, man. See you there before long, hopefully! Bryan

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Cheers Bryan! Good to hear from you!

[@Bohaha241]

The guy in the pub is right about Kharkiv being a students' city. My father went to a university there and I always had a good time there when I was a student myself.

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Wow cool, he must have had a great time here! Up until 2022 there were tens of thousands of international students in Kharkiv. Many from North Africa, the Middle East and India. Where are you and your father from?

[@Bohaha241]

​@@dannyizbritanii1062originally from Luhansk oblast - a town called Svatove, currently occupied. Kharkiv has always been the center of this region

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

@@Bohaha241 I have heard of this town. I had family in Kupiansk, on my wife's side, before the war. Not so far from Svatove. Shame this region is caught up in such horror. Hope you and your family are all safe!

[@joelhand9493]

Hey Dani I always enjoy your videos. It is a pity we never ran into each other in Kharkiv- is there a way to contact you privately via OG or another format?

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Hey, great to hear you enjoy the content, thanks! I have a page on Instagram, it's mainly for teaching but I also use it for communication and social! You can find it in the link to the video.

[@dimamarksman]

Nice video!

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Thanks Dima!

[@ironcurtainboxing]

Kharkiv just looks so empty compared to 2021. Sad to see, but at the same it's still got life & energy.

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Yes very strange, some things like normal and other places are so weird and empty. Bars and restaurants still get packed though on weekends. Many places reopening. Good sign!

[@Lada_Ukrayina]

Hey Danny, you speak such a good Ukrainian, why on Earth are you interviewing them in rashkan??? This is a shame! They all answered you in Ukrainian!, not in the lingo of the enemy! Why not take their example? This time I feel very disappointed. 😭😕

[@dannyizbritanii1062]

Because I spoke very bad Ukrainain this time last year when I filmed this. These guys off camera also spoke Russian, as most people still speak in Kharkiv. On camera they spoke Ukrainian, though I was not confident enough in my ability to do so. Though now I am)) i have improved my Ukrainian a lot over the last 6 months :) So instead of being disappointed that I used to speak Russian better, please be happy that I now speak Ukrainian well :)