My uncle and i, we live here in the western ukraine. And here are no russian troops it yet. Are you doing anything to prepare right now for an invasion? If rRussian troops do reach you,. Molkibbo, he refuses to answer this question because he hopes that they will not invade the whole territory of rane. He doesn't even want to engage with the question. So sorry, do i do o so mister vasil told afim, hold on a second. Let me call my niece, julia. Julia lopusheinska ended up translating her uncle's ucranian into english. She answered a few of my questions too
Kurii Vasyl and his niece Yulya try to make sense of Russia’s invasion of their country. And Kyiv Independent reporter Igor Kossov explains the latest from Ukraine’s capital.
This episode was produced by Will Reid and Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, and hosted by Noel King.
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