Save Baby Dima: A Story of Hope from Ukraine
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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As Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Ukraine, showing American support as Putin continues to ramp up aggression, including 80,000 troops still on the border, we highlight a story of hope from Ukraine. Civic leader Olya Yarychkivska shares what keeps Ukrainian civil society going, how Putin leverages war to hold onto power in Russia, and the inspiring story of unity among Ukrainian activists as they rally together to save baby Dima, the child of one of the country's leading reformers.
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| 0:27.2 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to Gaslit Asia. My name is Andrea Chalupai. I'm a journalist and filmmaker and the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine. As Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Ukraine this week, showing American support for its longtime ally, |
| 0:57.3 | as Putin continues to ramp up aggression against Ukraine, including 80,000 troops on the border, they are still there, |
| 1:06.4 | in what looks to be a possible escalation of Russia's ongoing invasion. I wanted to highlight a hopeful |
| 1:13.2 | story from Ukraine. So I'm interviewing an old friend, the Ukrainian civic leader, Oya Yadetskiewska, |
| 1:20.5 | a co-founder of Razum, a nonprofit organization with an impressive international network of volunteers |
| 1:27.3 | who developed civic engagement and anti-corruption efforts for Ukraine. Oya is also a PhD in genetics and a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University. Welcome to the show. Hi, Andrea. Thank you so much for having me today. Oh, it's my, I'm thrilled. There's a lot to talk about. |
| 1:47.9 | First off, what do you make of Ukraine being so prominent in the news these days, especially for |
| 1:54.0 | Americans? Well, it's obvious that a lot of things are happening around Ukraine as Putin is trying to escalate the situation again, |
| 2:03.4 | bringing the troops to the border. I am very happy to see it that Blinken is in Ukraine right now. |
| 2:10.9 | It's a strong show of support. We really hope for continual support from the U.S. |
| 2:16.8 | Because parts of Ukraine have |
| 2:20.2 | been taken away already in this weird hybrid war that nobody can understand |
| 2:25.6 | how to deal with and we just really hope that you know you as and other |
| 2:30.6 | countries other world leaders won't allow further dismantling of our country. |
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