Voices from Ukraine

Hlib Verisov was only 17 years old when Russia attacked Ukraine on a full scale. He talks about the war from a teenagers perspeGlibctive. How different his generation views the war compared to the older generation and how different the flow of information and where you get it is. He lived in Mariupol and speaks of his experience of the war in his hometown.

Iryna Bilyk speaks about the first time she left Ukraine after the Russian invasion 2022 and what it was lika to go back after some time and then leave the country again. She speaks about how she was greeted in Sweden and how she was and is treated as a refugee here.

Anja Martynenko talks about how Sweden and swedes surprised her with the way they welcomed her in the country when she and her family needed help. About helping Ukraine from Sweden and about leaving her home together with her husband and their four children, for an uncertain life for an uncertain period of time.

Inna speaks about relationships, family and friends that stand on opposite sides in the war and what that creates. What the biggest challenges are creating a life in a new country as a refugee and much more.

Ekaterina Pchelnikova, was born in Russia and gives her view of the war , life in Russia, democracy and many other topics seen through her eyes. Listen to this very brave woman that refuses to stay silent and doesn't accept lack of democracy or freedom of speech

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Eva Tatarova speaks about how war makes you do things you never thought you would do. How the world that you know and live in can change in one day and about hope when you least expect it.

Olga Bondaruk lived in Odessa when Russia invaded Ukraine and worked as an English teacher. In this episode she speaks about how life as she knew it suddenly ended , something she never thought would happen. About leaving everything and everyone behind for a new and unknown destination, due to war.

Denys Gordiyenko, talks about being a male and leaving Ukraine after the Russian invasion. The stigma/feelings and thoughts surrounding that.

Svitlana Musiienko speaks about living under occupation and how to survive in that situation.

Viktoria Poseivna opens up about

her experience of the war in Ukraine and her flight to Sweden.