'Of course, it doesn't feel like a holiday this year — you don't have a festive mood,' said Nikolai Pastushenko, who was meeting a number of his friends to take the plunge together. 'It's just a reason to get together and to get more united.'
Chunks of ice float through the water, sometimes gathering in small inlets along the side of the river.
Many of the people here have been doing this for years and are far less interested in the washing away of their sins and more into the idea of a fresh start, a clean mind and a jump start as they begin the new year. "It gives you a little bit of clarity," explains Stanislav Bazhenov, 22, who is in the Ukrainian military and on break for the next week before heading back to the fighting in Soledar."You dip into the water and you get this good feeling — like freedom, you know?" He confirms that submerging feels like small daggers all over your body — but in a relaxing way."It's hard to describe," he says."You just have to do it yourself.
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