“Friends! I am against the war in Ukraine! I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads.”

“Politicians should be able to negotiate without shooting and killing civilians, for this they were given a tongue and a head.”

“My grandfather, Anatoly Filimonovich, graduated from school in Ukraine with a gold medal, my great-grandmother Sonya lived her whole life in Kyiv.”

“It is impossible to watch everything that is happening today without tears. I want to dance…I want to love everyone – that is the purpose of my life…I do not want wars or borders.”

— Vladimir Shklyarov, Ballet Dancer (died falling from the 5th story of a building yesterday)