“The Fight Against Evil”: Three Reporters in Ukraine

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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It’s been a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. About a fourth of Ukraine’s population has been displaced. Thousands, if not more, have died. And still, ordinary Ukrainians – professors, engineers, ballerinas – are taking up arms to defend their homes and their land. Why do they stay? And do they think the fight can be won? Today, I talk to three people who have become inadvertent war correspondents in what they call “the fight against evil.” Katerina Sergatskova reported from Kiev and Lviv. Vladislav Davidzon has reported from many of the border crossings as well as from Odessa and Lviv. And Maria Avdeeva remains in Kharkiv. I talk to them about what they’ve seen and what the war has revealed to them about themselves and about their country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Barclays, we're here for the land of football.
0:06.4	We're here for the Premier League,
0:09.0	and the Barclays Women's Super League.
0:12.1	We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance.
0:18.0	We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
0:27.6	Barclays, here for the land of football.
0:30.5	This is honestly. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is nearly one month old and tonight the UN is saying about
0:38.8	one fourth of Ukraine's population has been displaced by the war.
0:42.8	Here in Lviv local activists and authorities set up a stark visual reminder of the toll of this war.
0:48.0	109 empty strollers were set up in a square to symbolise the number of Ukrainian children that have
0:53.9	reportedly been killed so far. Russian munitions are still having a devastating
0:58.8	impact on civilians in key cities in Mariopel, in the capital Kia. But Russian forces are still making little progress
1:09.6	advancing across Ukrainian territory.
1:13.0	The core US assessment hasn't changed for much of the war.
1:16.7	I've been doing this for 25 years and I've been in a lot of countries of war.
1:19.6	I have never seen a population in a country that has been invaded as determined and unified.
1:27.0	And for today, a conversation with three people who over the past month have found themselves becoming inadvertent war correspondence in Ukraine.
1:41.0	First there's Katarina Seragut's goba.
1:43.0	This is real hello nose.
1:45.0	She's the editor-in-chief at Zabarona Media, an independent news outlet in Kiev.
1:50.0	Kata is usually writing about things like LGBT rights and government corruption.
1:54.6	Then there's Vladislav Davidson.
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