Close to the front line of his country’s cyber war with Russia, Ilyas discloses some of how Ukraine’s ‘IT Army’ are waging war.
Meanwhile in London, Oksana considers the feelings of guilt that follow a protracted conflict.
Seva is away on assignment.
 
ADDITIONAL -
 
*The Starlinks service referred in Ilyas' diary is a satellite communications network provided to Ukraine by Elon Musk and Space X to maintain and support the internet. 
 
BACKGROUND -
 
Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. His wife Natalia, and two young sons are taking refuge in Poland.
As of September 2022, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv and working, in part, for the Ukrainian government on various projects.
 
Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv and has remained in the Ukrainian capital since the war started. 
Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s determined to stay.
 
Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.
 
EP23 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice note.
 
From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast.
 
Producer: Rob Mulhern
Editing: Dave Terris
Digital Promotion: David Chipakupaku