with ukraine making advances in its south—eastern region of zaporizhzhia, first lady 0lena zelenska will gentlemen on wednesday dedicated to mental health. dozens of countries are expected to participate, although the exact number and names of the guests are being kept secret for security reasons. 0lena zelenska has been speaking to the bbc�*s yalda hakim about the impact of the war on mental health in ukraine and within her own family. first lady 0lena zelensky, thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. i just want to begin by asking about the summit that you're hosting. if you could just tell me a little bit more about it. translation: thank you very much. we started it in 2021 as a platform for sharing thoughts, experience and common work for first ladies and gentlemen of the world and, luckily, this format really works. we could see it, basically, from the first days and weeks of the russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. as the first lady of ukraine, i saw my colleagues starting to help straight away, effectively, promptly. many processes become faster wh

with ukraine making advances in its south—eastern region of zaporizhzhia, first lady 0lena zelenska will summit of first ladies and gentlemen, dedicated to mental health. dozens of countries are expected to participate, although the exact number and names of the guests are being kept secret for security reasons. 0lena zelenska has been speaking to the bbc�*s yalda hakim about the impact of the war on mental health in ukraine and within her own family. translation: for a year and a half we cannot be sure about tomorrow, we do not have confidence in our future, tomorrow, we do not have confidence in ourfuture, in a month or two. we have a huge hope for victory but we do not know when it comes. and this long wait constant stress, it has its toll. so everyone finds their own way here, to deal with it. for me such things are work including our interview when you have a reason to wake up when you have a reason to wake up and go to work it does not give you a chance to stop and think, why this is happening to us. and i am very much supported by inspiring stories of ukrainians every day because

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ukraine's first lady is speaking out about the impact of the protracted war beyond the battlefield. 0lena zelenskat of first ladies and gentlemen wednesday — dedicated to mental health. dozens of countries are expected to participate, although the exact number and names of the guests are kept secret for security reasons. first lady is speaking out about the impact really, for a year and a half now, we cannot be sure about tomorrow. we don't have confidence in our future. in one month or two, we have a huge hope for victory, but we do not know when it comes. and this long wait, constant stress, it takes its toll. so everyone finds their own way here to deal with it. for me, such stimuli are work, including our interview, because when you have the reason to wake up and go to work, it doesn't give you a chance to stop and think why this is happening to us. and i am very much supported by inspiring stories of ukrainians every day because in every tragedy, there is a story of saving, help, heroism and it inspires me a lot. i'm holding onto that and i think so are my colleagues and friends. how do you d