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Today, Explained

Another phone call from Ukraine

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On the morning Russia invaded Ukraine, we called Yulya and Kurii. A year later, we’re calling them back. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Additional production help from Mykola Polosin in Kyiv. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

A year ago today, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we at today explained frantically tried to

0:05.6

find Ukrainians to tell us what they were experiencing.

0:08.7

In a completely random stroke of luck, we reached a man named Kudivasil in Western Ukraine.

0:13.7

Now, he didn't speak English, so that was a mess, but his niece Yulia Lopushinska did,

0:19.0

and she agreed to translate.

0:20.3

The two of them were proud, they were defiant, they were sure Ukraine would win, and despite

0:25.1

everything, they were also very funny.

0:27.4

So I asked him, could we all keep in touch?

0:30.2

My uncle says, sure, if we are still alive.

0:38.4

Oh dear, oh dear, Mr. Vassil.

0:42.0

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