Fighting For Ukraine
Yuriy Matsarsky is a Ukranian journalist turned civilian fighter against the Russian invasion on the democratic country of Ukraine. In this podcast he brings daily updates from the frontlines of the Ukranian resistance. “As a journalist I thought, ‘You shouldn’t be involved in this. You should be watching from the sidelines.’ But the Ukrainian citizen part of me told me, ‘No, this doesn’t work anymore. You should protect your country, you should protect your loved ones, you should protect your freedom—you should protect your people.’”
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Yuriy Matsarsky
Yuriy is a Ukranian journalist based in Kyiv who has spent most of his professional media career covering warzones. Now he finds himself in one and the battle is his. Yuriy has put down his journalist pen and picked up a rifle to protect his country against the Russian invasion.
“I want Ukraine to be prosperous, to be a happy country, my people all around me to be happy. Putin is following in the steps of Hitler right now. Every day, with every bombing, with every rocket fire, it’s more and more and more dead Ukrainians. More dead Ukrainians.
“This fight is not only for us. We are fighting for the whole world. I really, really love the United States, and the United States people. We love the same music, we love the same books, we love our kids in the same way. Please help us.”
Episodes
2 days ago
2 days ago
March 29th 2023
Yuriy and his comrades have thoughts about what they will do when Ukraine defeats Russia in this war. From doctors to chefs, they hope to go back to civilian life and resume life as normal one day.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
5 days ago
5 days ago
March 26th 2023
Yuriy notes that the Russians are running out of munitions and are begging the world's most infamous dictators for help.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
March 23rd 2023
Yuriy considers a school in his old neighbourhood where he also used to take his own daughter that had memorial plaques for young Soviety soldiers and how this war makes the losses of the Afghan war pale in comparison.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
March 20th 2023
Yuriy spent his daughter's birthday in Kyiv and had a funny experience being back there. He isn't used to seeing people in civilian clothes, and someone asked him about his radio job...
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
March 14th 2023
Yuriy's daughter has hit her 18th birthday and Yuriy made her a video as a gift. He also has an interesting story about a folk punk musician who wrote a song for Yuriy under the name "Beer Soaked Whisky Gang". The song is called 'Curb Stomp The Fascist Dogs' and Yuriy put the music to some of the footage he has taken from the streets of Ukraine.
You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DluTz8cpn-w
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
March 9th 2023
Today is the 1 year anniversary of the podcast. Yuriy expresses his thanks for all of the support he receives for this podcast and he also brings us closer to the front lines with the sounds of a soldier calling out to fire.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
March 7th 2023
Yuriy considers the way the war has affected lives, how his own life is still changing as he continues to be a solider fighting for his country. He urges you to reach out to the people in your life
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
March 2nd 2023
Yuriy talks about his time with Iraqi Kurdish soldiers who were trying to fight ISIS who were using drones and attaching IEDs to drop on Iraqi soldiers and civilians. Ukrainians are using the same strategy, using drones to determine the Russian locations, drop IEDs or used to transport small packages of medicine to the front lines.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
February 25th 2023
Today marks one year since Yuriy joined the army in the fight against Russia. He reflects on a book he recently read by British Historian, Peter Hopkirk, who discusses the Russian tyranny is a legacy from Mongol Empire and he relates that to his recent experience in Bakhmut.
Yuriy has also recorded some sound of shelling around him so you can get an idea of what his job is like.
You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
February 20th 2023
Yuriy has been on the front lines of Bakhmut and he describes the shellin, the Russian 'meatwave' and their determination to try and capture the ruins of small towns to gain a victory, however small, as the war wages on.
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Do you want to ask Yuriy a question? Email your question to him: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com
Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy