{"id":313019,"date":"2024-09-30T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/galyna-shmatok-2"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:30:07","slug":"galyna-shmatok-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/galyna-shmatok-2","title":{"rendered":"Halyna Shmatok: Because it is the place of our strength. It was, is and will be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1024 713'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-1024x713.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-313020\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-1024x713.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-768x535.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-265x185.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-531x370.jpeg 531w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-608x424.jpeg 608w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/golosi-regioniv-1-758x528.jpeg 758w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Russians took away the opportunity to live and work on their native land from them, the Shmatoks\u2019 descendants. They have nowhere to go back to. They have no home. They have nothing to restore or repair. Shmatok Jr.\u2019s family remains there, in the village of Holoborodkivske, the Poltava region. They believed the war had temporarily driven them from Velyka Komyshuvakha. They believed they\u2019d return after a week or two, or a month. But the expected return dragged on for years\u2026 And became a pipe dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/holosy-rehioniv-27-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R<a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/holosy-rehioniv-27-09\">ead the story\u00a0<\/a>of the Shmatok family from Velyka Komyshuvakha in the Kharkiv region.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But the Russians took away the opportunity to live and work on their native land from them, the Shmatoks\u2019 descendants. They have nowhere to go back to. They have no home. They have nothing to restore or repair. 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