Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.

I'm your host, Sarah Isger joined by Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg.

And we've got a special episode for you today.

Steve Hayes is going to start off our show talking to Tarras Bick,

political consultant now working with territorial defense forces in Kiev, Ukraine.

And then Jonah, Steve and I will talk more about what's going on in Ukraine

and some of the domestic effects in our politics and the Republican Party.

Let's dive right in. Steve, set up this interview for us.

Yeah, Tarras is a political consultant and former journalist working in Kiev.

He has been working for the past two weeks.

Near the front lines with the territorial defense forces, you'll hear him explain.

The message is he's delivered, the people he's hosted, the people he's helped get out of,

of Kiev, fascinating interview with Tarras that I think gives us a good kind of on the ground

perspective of what's going on and what he worries about coming ahead.

Tarras, welcome to the dispatch podcast.

Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Hello, everyone. Thank you for having me.

Maybe the best place to start is for you to just tell us where you are

as we're having this conversation.

Obviously, we don't want to say anything that would put you at any risk,

but to the extent that you can tell us where you are and what you've been doing today.

Be very interested.

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