On the first day of the full-scale invasion, when Kyiv residents were fleeing the city in panic, Volodymyr came out to Maidan Nezalezhnosti with a solo picket. In the man’s hands was a flag with the inscription “Vyacheslav Chornovil – Ukrainian hero” as a symbol of the struggle for Ukrainian independence. Despite the danger, Volodymyr stood with this flag for several days. He has not lost optimism to this day because he considers victory to be the preservation of Ukrainian statehood, and therefore Ukraine has been winning for four years.