svitlana romanko, welcome to democracy now! before we talk about this very important he's in our climate work, can you take us on the journey that you have taken? describe what happened. we did not know when we were first talking to you that your city would be bombed. talk about what happened. this is in western ukraine that has not been hit yet. and then where you are now or at least the overall region. >> yes, thank you so much for having me and inviting me and giving me a voice and space for ukrainian activists to share the happenings and share the latest war developments and the huge impact, catastrophic impact it is making for all of our lives continually and severely, i would say. that is not true that we only have had explosions today in ivano-frankvisk where i am regularly based and have plans to come in a few days and continue my fight for justice and for peace for my country, my devout country. i actually woke up with my family two explosions on february 24. the first day of war. before that, different intelligence se

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