The day that russia invaded ukraine, we called a man and his niece who live in the western ucranian city of levive. They wanted to tell us what they were seeing from both in and outside of ukraine. Julia's president, vlodimir zalenski, echoed her words on wednesday. He pleaded with congress for help. I call on you to do more. New packages of sanctions are ed constantly every week, until the russian military machine stops. This is advertiser content. Facebook leads the industry in stopping bad actors on line. That's because they've invested 13 billion dollars in teams and technology to enhance safety over the last
Millions of people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s war begin. We check back in with Kurii Vasyl, who stayed behind, and his niece Yulya, who fled.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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