A Ukrainian woman living in Japan, who has an older sister living in Ukraine and Russia, told NHK about the current situation in which the fighting continues. I can't sleep at night when I think of my sister, "he said in his heart.
Ukrainian Miyabe Victoria (47) came to Japan more than 20 years ago when she married her Japanese husband, and now she is in Ginza, Tokyo, where she specializes in Russian and Ukrainian groceries. I am running.
She continues her business with the desire to be a bridge between Ukraine, Russia and Japan, so the store has a paper with the flags of both countries printed on it with the words "Pray for peace". increase.
Communication with my sisters in both countries ...
Victoria has two older sisters, who live and work as nurses in Ukraine and Russia, respectively.
For this reason, Victoria has mixed feelings about the current situation of ongoing fighting in various parts of Ukraine.
Her two sisters are in contact by phone and messaging app, of which the 56-year-old sister in Ukraine stays at her home with her family in Mariupol, eastern Donetsk Oblast, where attacks by Russian troops continue. It means that it is.
The message that it arrived around 10 am on the 2nd of Japan time said in Russian, "I was hit by a bombardment and my house was shaking a lot until just before." Was written.
However, after that, she sent a message but did not receive a reply.
Meanwhile, her 58-year-old sister in Russia is worried about her sister and daughter in Ukraine, and on her phone she said, "I can't help but worry about the safety of my family. I want you to do it. "
"Why should I fight in my favorite country ..."
Victoria and her two sisters were born in the former Soviet era and have visited Moscow many times on family trips, making it unbearable for the relationship between the two countries to worsen and the number of victims of battle to increase.
Victoria said, "Ukraine and Russia are my favorite countries, so it's hard to think about why the two countries have to fight, and I can't sleep at night when I think of my two sisters. I want both countries to get along with each other anyway. That's the only thing I can think of right now, "he said with tears in his eyes.