#LiveFromUkraine

Svitlana Khytrenko (@s_khytrenko) is a Ukrainian student who has lived in Germany and Poland since escaping Kyiv back in March. We talked about her experiences as a refugee, her life in Poland, and her feelings about Russia and its imperial clownishness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oleksandra Povoroznik (⁦@rynkrynk) is a Kyiv-based journalist, film critic and translator, who joins us to discuss the changing politics of language in Ukraine, as well as the country's defiant wartime culture and humor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vitalii Ovarchenko is a Ukrainian army soldier who participated in the defense of Kyiv and is now stationed in the Donbas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On February 22, she was a city councilwoman in Kyiv. Since February 24, she has been a combat medic in the Donesk region. Alina Mykhailova chats with us from the front about her life before and during the war and about the current situation on the front lines of the fighting in Donbas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Terrell Jermaine Starr is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and the host of the Black Diplomats podcast. He is an independent journalist based in Brooklyn and Kyiv, Ukraine covering the Russo-Ukrainian War. He previously worked at The Root and Foxtrot Alpha, a blog that focuses on the military, technology, and policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.