Hello and welcome to this special episode of the Battleground podcast with me, Saul David and Patrick Bishop.

We're now going to hear the full extent of the excellent interview

with Joe Lindsley, the American journalist who's been in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale

invasion. Joe, welcome to the podcast. So, great to talk to you again. Hello from, I think last

time we spoke, we were in Kiev or

Lviv, and now I'm talking to you from Harkiv, this great city, just 30 miles away from the Russian

border. Joe, as you say, the last time we spoke to you was last summer, wasn't it? In August,

we met you a couple of times. A lot's changed since then. There was a lot of optimism in the air, I seem to recall. But tell us, before we get

on to some of the detail of what's been happening recently, what you've been up to since then

and what your movements have been. Well, I've continued every single weekday since February 24th,

2022. I continue to speak on Chicago's WGN Radio every day for almost two years now. And that's been

great. It's sort of a 10-minute window into the reality here. I want people as they're driving

to work in America to feel like they're here, both the moments of pain and difficulty, but also

the moments of hope and inspiration. And you can find those episodes at UkrainianFridemnus.com.

And while doing that, I'm always traveling the country where, you know, we have many

loyal listeners who come here to volunteer or send money.

Actually, and it was very difficult to raise money last summer and fall.

But I think we see a new awakening, you know, a very loyal cohort to people

who want to help. And so the past month, we've been able to buy a lot of drones, whether

there's surveillance drones for search and rescue or the amazing $500 FPV drones that can

take out millions of dollars worth of Russian equipment. We've been able to get that to various units and friends at the front lines.

And then I think beyond that, I've been, especially the past month and a half, you know,

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