eugene gromadskyi. fighting for his country. fighting for his survival. when i met him was that his father had been killed a few days earlier as they fought to push back the russians. eugene would eventually be awarded the hero of ukraine award from president zelensky for his bravery that day for keeping back the russians. and, you know, one of the interesting things in this war is because ukraine has held on and because people have, by and large, managed to stay in place, we've been able to keep in contact with them. so, at the end of last year, we revisited eugene and he is transformed. he's gone from this young lad wearing training shoes to a fully fledged soldier who's been battling for his life. he's seen his comrades die and he's battle—hardened in every sense. battle—scarred, too. there have been a lot of casualties in this war. you've lost a lot of people. do you fear death? and that's an interesting transformation because it's a transformation that ukraine has undergone. it's changed its economy. it's changed how — how people live their lives. an