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The Eastern Border

Ukraine part 1 - Kyiv

The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons

Ukraine, Politics, War, Cold War, History, Ussr, Russia, Documentary, News, Soviet, Society & Culture, Gonzo

4.7877 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Greetings, Comrades!

This is part 1 of my Ukraine adventures, about Kyiv and a crazy 18h train ride. Made after said ride, so kind of audio bloggy, but I wanted to get this out, to have my head clear for what’s about to come. Enjoy!

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0:42.9

Oh yes.

0:44.5

Woo!

0:45.4

The USA!

0:49.6

Music!

0:51.7

The music! Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the Eastern Border. I am not on my usual mic. I am using my travel microphone, which is a kind of a Corsair headset with a built-in mic.

1:13.3

So sound quality might be a bit off.

1:15.5

But right now, I am sitting in a hotel, sort of.

1:19.5

It's kind of a more beach side villa.

1:22.1

I have my own, like, super room or whatever, but I seem to be the only one here, which is kind of creepy, but I'll manage.

1:28.6

Anyway, I'm sitting here in Mariupol. If you Google up Mariupil, you'll find out that it's

1:33.7

in the Donisk district, because I'm about to go straight up to the Ukrainian side villages,

1:39.2

and then I'm about to go to, well, Donbass itself, the Donisk city. Like I said, I was going to go to Ukraine,

1:47.5

and here I am, and I spent a bunch of time in Kiev. I was there for a couple of days.

1:53.3

Thank you. Thank you so much, Misha and Anthony, especially Misha. There are some listeners who are

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