Giselle, Iulia, and Dalibor are joined by Vlad Davidzon, a nonresident fellow in The Atlantic Council Eurasia Center and European culture correspondent for Tablet Magazine. Vlad shares his personal experience among journalists in Kyiv just days before the Russian invasion began, and he shares stories of reporting from and evacuating relatives from Ukraine during wartime. As a European cultural commentator and having been actively engaged in the Ukrainian film and literary scene, he also offers Ukrainian and Russian cultural context behind the war and key cities attacked by the Russian military, such as Odessa.

References: From Odessa With Love: Political and Literary Essays from Post-Soviet Ukraine by Vlad Davidzon; "Leaving Kyiv" by Vlad Davidzon; "Martial law declared in Odessa as rockets rain down" by Vlad Davidzon; "Cannes at War" by Vlad Davidzon; "Crucial Crimea: Why the illegally occupied territory must be returned to Ukraine" by Iulia Joja.