'My Heart is Full of Sadness': Ukrainian Vodka Maker Lives in North Texas --
Talis isn't sleeping much."It's a very sad last five days,” Talis said."We are on the right side. We are defending our homes, our families, our childen, our grandchildren."It was his cousin, Sergey Pustovit, whose wife and daughter are in a shelter, while he patrols the streets."You can't explain the feeling,” Pustovit said. “You cannot explain what I felt."Back then, he was optimistic about the future.
"Nobody wants bloodshed,” Talis said in March 2014. “And I don't think it will be. Because Russian and Ukrainian people are the same.""Yes, I did say that. But now I'm not going to say that point.""I hope people, ordinary people, from both countries will hold hands together,” he said.For now, his family and friends are still a phone call away."I told him openly I love him and to kiss his wife,” he said.
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