In this episode of Dictators v Democrats: Why We Fight, host T. A. Mullis speaks with Zarina Zabrisky, an American war correspondent and filmmaker reporting from the frontlines of Kherson, Ukraine — a city living under daily Russian drone and artillery attacks.

Zabrisky, who has spent a decade documenting Russia’s hybrid war against the West, reveals the horror of what she calls a “human safari” — Russia’s use of FPV drones to hunt civilians for sport. She discusses the collapse of truth in the AI age, the Kremlin’s psychological warfare against democracies, and why she continues to risk her life to tell these stories.

Together, they explore:

• Life and survival in Kherson under drone siege
• The UN’s findings that short-range drone attacks are war crimes
• Russia’s mastery of psychological and information warfare
• How AI and disinformation are eroding democratic resilience
• The meaning of freedom and democracy through the eyes of someone who escaped totalitarianism

Zabrisky’s documentary Kherson: Human Safari is available free at KhersonHumanSafari.com

You can find more of Zabrisky’s work at Byline Times and Euromaidan Press

Guest Links:

• Website: KhersonHumanSafari.com

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