he does not even think of returning to his native denmark and karen marie kragend.in the center of kyiv right after her ukrainian language lesson. karen marie is fluent in english and russian, but she believes that this is not enough for life in ukraine. i came to kyiv to work in an it company, and about six years ago i opened my own business here, actually. around this time, i celebrate 17 years of my life in ukraine. karen marie recalls that she adapted to the then new country for her very quickly. i felt that i feel good here, i feel like i am at home here. well, in about a week. i already then got settled and knew: here is my tram, my three stops to work, here is my supermarket, here is my bakery. you know, everything just fell into place. therefore, when before the start of... i remember very well how i got a call from the danish embassy. in kyiv, we were sitting with another restaurant and both said: yes, yes, we understood, but no, thank you, we are staying. when the shelling of kyiv began, she did go to the west of ukraine, and then she received an offer to