On February 24, the mayor of Fenevychi, a small town in the kyiv oblast, was woken up by a call that sounded like a nightmare: “The Russians are here.” Far from being discouraged by the situation, Halyna Kozarchenko decides to resist for the duration of the Russian occupation that will end on April 1.
To protect the thousand inhabitants of her village, Halyna had to ruthlessly negotiate with the soldiers. During the 39 days of her occupation, she improvised as a warrior with a formidable weapon: her bicycle.
“It’s the means of transportation I used to patrol all the streets of my town,” he explains.
He even says that during the occupation he opposed a group of young Russian soldiers who were looking for vodka and women.
“We must not lose faith”
During the long weeks of Russian presence, Halyna Kozarchenko asked her constituents to be discreet. And despite the omnipresence of enemy soldiers, the Ukrainian flag flew every day on the roof of the town hall.
“He survived the entire period of Russian occupation. He’s a bastard, he’s as tough as me,” he says. “When people came out in the morning and saw the flag flying over City Hall, they said, ‘Okay, Halyna is at the station, everything is fine.'”
“We are very proud, she is like our mother. She was always with us, we kept in touch, we helped each other. We kept up to date,” says Yulia, who lives in Fenevychi.
“I would be willing to die for my inhabitants”, launches the councilman.
Although Halyna did her best to keep the Russians at bay, she admits to having moments of discouragement. “When I was most afraid, I cried a lot and I cried a lot. I looked at myself in a mirror and said to myself: ‘you are strong, you are capable, we must not lose faith,’” she explains. on the microphone of BFMTV.
Source: BFM TV
