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Romeo Krokiatsky lives in Kiev, Ukraine.

And the main thing he wants you to know about that is that a year into Russia's invasion

things are pretty normal until they aren't.

My best buddy lives in New York, actually.

I was talking to him last week or something or two weeks ago.

And he was asking me how it was and when I was telling him he's like,

well, it doesn't sound like too much has changed.

And then air raids went off.

A lot of enough that you can hear it through like a window.

So that got the situation into, I'd say, start clarity.

Romeo grew up in New York City, but he moved to Kiev as an adult and became a journalist.

Now he's the managing editor of the new voice of Ukraine.

I last spoke with him about a year ago when the war was still fresh.

It felt right to call him back now and see how he was holding up.

He says, at least where he is, it's the erratic electrical supply that would tip you off that a war is on.

And when the lights go out, you can hear the difference.

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