"I saw everything. It was like the humor, the pain, the destruction, the hope," he says. "We got murdered once and from their point of view is pretty boring." He describes helping a medic carry two bodies to safety after they were hit by Russian missiles. The reporter also spent time reporting on volunteers in Kiev.
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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