I know not everyone in Russia thinks Putin is a good president, and I know a lot of Russian people are good people.” “I feel super strange about it, because I don’t say anything bad about Russian people. I think they think that because are at war, we have a problem,” she says. “And I was so happy, because now a lot of Russian models have started to ignore Ukrainians. At the Saint Laurent show on March 1, she says a model from Poland and another from Russia came up to her to express their sympathy. Many non-Ukrainian models have also offered them support, Ponomar says. “From the first day, we started connecting with each other, and we go to strikes together, and we help each other, like, ‘Do you need some food? Do you need some help? Do you need some money?’ Because a lot of models don’t have enough money to stay for a long time,” she says, adding that she’s actually one of the eldest of the group, as most of the models who traveled to fashion month from her country are 16 or 17 and are “very scared.” Though it’s been dreadful being stuck in Paris while her family hides from Russian bombs back home, Ponomar says she’s found a community of Ukrainian models-refugees-also staying in the French city, with whom she communicates regularly.
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