What Is It Like to Be a Military Man?

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Yagvashis Prabh: "I can't imagine trying to explain war to kids, frankly" He says his daughter knows a lot because she goes to school and talks to her friends. For us, a fortational... Every single Ukrainian is in some kind of community which is united around gathering things for the army," he adds.

On the morning Russia invaded Ukraine, we called Yulya and Kurii. A year later, we’re calling them back.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Additional production help from Mykola Polosin in Kyiv.

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