Danila Khomutovsky is a 38 year old Ukrainian man. He is a husband and a father to a 7 year old son, a voice artist, co-founder of the radio station Aristocrats and has lived in Kyiv for the last 10 years. 

On 24th February 2022, his life and the lives of millions was upended when Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite peace talk efforts, Russian artillery and warplanes are continuing to pound cities and towns across Ukraine. More than three million people have now fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion — a rate of more than a million per week, the International Organisation for Migration has said. 

Danila is now taking shelter in the Ukrainian countryside and working for ICTV channel as a voice of the “Civil Defence” program, volunteering for state agencies and private studios, recording voice overs in four languages to help win the war. He reached out to Annie on instagram as a listener to Changes and they spoke on the morning of Friday 11th March 2022. 

In this important and compelling listen, Danila tells his story and experience of life in Ukraine before the war and now. 

You can find out all about Artistocrats here:

https://aristocrats.fm/

Danila can be found here:

https://m.facebook.com/100000473788642/

twitter.com/DanKhomutovskiy 

instagram.com/danila_onemoretime

https://m.soundcloud.com/danila-khomutovskiy

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