Michaela and Yulia are in Truska Vets, Ukraine. 80 kilometers away is her uncle, Kuri Vasil. Just like she did a year ago, Yulia has volunteered to translate for him. "We cannot do anything, you know? Sometimes we can go to the corridor between the two walls"
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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