"She did not eat, did not drink, lived with his phone." The Minister of Defense Reznikov told about parting with her husband during the war
In a big interview with Ukrainian Elle TV presenter ICTV channel and the wife of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov Yulia Zoriy, told whether her husband has changed during the war, as their relationship has changed, what she was doing now, because her Morning program in the big city did not Aired through a single telecommunication. In an interview, Julia Zoriy confessed that they did not prepare a worrying suitcase with her husband, because they were not going to leave.
“My husband and I could not even assume that such a war would begin. If such an understanding in our family really were, Alex would advise me to go somewhere, but I stayed in Kiev. I could not believe that it could happen and that there would be such cynical massacre over our country - it is simply the destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainians, ”she said.
Zoriy recalled the morning on February 24: "When the war began, my husband approached me about five in the morning and said," All, I went to work, he began the war. " In my mind, this did not fit, I asked him if I could go to work and at least do something. " To which Alexei Reznikov answered, wait for his instructions.
When asked if her husband changed and whether she opened something new, Yulia Zoriy replied that she only confirmed what she knew about him for a long time: “Alexei is a person very stable emotionally, very balanced and focused on the result. And also fearless: he traveled to Kiev, wrote posts, took photos for people to know that he and the leadership of the country - in the city that no one left anywhere.
It was dangerous for his life, but he did it to show people that the authorities are on the spot, and reassure them, ”she said, adding that she was safe with him since his acquaintance with him. After the start of the war, Julia Zoriy became useful for her second higher education in a specialty psychology. Already on the second day of the war, it began to work on a free hotline of psychological support.
"There was a lot of calls, it was extremely difficult and difficult, because, firstly, it was necessary to accept the fact of the war yourself, and secondly, to support and reassure people, we were almost sitting around the clock on the line," she said, she said She added that after five months of war she continues to provide free psychological support and conducts private psychological practice.
When asked how it was to be the wife of the Minister of Defense during the war, she replied that nothing has changed. We will remind, Alexei Reznikov became the Minister of Defense of Ukraine in November 2021. “In addition to the fact that the status of the Minister of Defense was added to great experiences and anxiety, because I was very worried about my husband and feared for his life.