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The Lawfare Podcast

A Conversation with a Refugee Law Student from Kharkiv

The Lawfare Podcast

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4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Kateryna is a fourth-year law student at a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine—at least she was until a few days ago. That's when the Russian army came in and started bombarding the town she grew up in and studies in. Benjamin Wittes spoke with her recently about life as a Russian-speaking Ukrainian in Kharkiv before and after the invasion, about getting out of town, and about being a refugee law student in an adjacent country.

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no bull and the aftermath.

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It's voices of care.

1:25.6

In the cosmic place, they ran away, saying that people who are experienced in bombings,

1:32.8

their views are of course much worse than mine.

1:35.6

And it doesn't matter whether they are Russian speaking Ukrainian speaking or even international

1:40.6

students, because our give-it-somes do a lot of international students do.

1:45.6

I don't think they are good Russians, not old Russians or any of that.

1:51.8

I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast March 8th, 2022.

1:58.8

Katarina is a fourth year law student at a university in Clark, if Ukraine.

2:04.6

At least she was until a few days ago.

2:08.4

That's when the Russian army came in and started bombarding the town she grew up in and

2:14.2

studies in.

2:16.2

I met her on Sunday on Twitter of all places when she posted some comments that I thought

2:22.5

were particularly interesting.

2:24.7

We got to chatting and before I knew it, we were on a recorded line in the virtual jungle

2:30.4

studio talking about life as a Russian speaking Ukrainian in Clarkiv before and after the invasion,

2:39.8

talking about getting out of town and ultimately out of the country and being a refugee law student

2:47.2

in an adjacent country, it's the LawFair podcast March 8th, a conversation with a refugee

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