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Hello, it's now 247 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

And would like to begin by saying thanks to our listeners.

Your emails, comments, questions, feedback, sometimes critical, but always constructive,

they really matter to us.

And so, today, we're going to try and answer as many of your questions as we can.

And share some of your testimonies as well.

Does Frank now feel that the war will be resolved much sooner than he could have imagined

originally?

With an outlier need to be a bit more sympathetic about people living in a revival of Stalin

is the pressure.

My own feelings on these matters are a bit envy.

I'd be really interested to hear about the preparedness of the Ukrainian armed forces

in terms of winter gear.

Do we have a sense of what ordinary Belarusians feel about this potential?

We have time of living in peace, making peace with my father's experience.

And yet, it happens again.

We'll also hear the story of Yevhen, a Ukrainian father, while he was in detention in the

occupied areas.

His three children were taken to Russia against his will until his son managed to call him.

Matvi called me and said, Dad, psychologists just spoke to me and suggested two options.

They will either send us to a foster home or an orphanage.

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