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
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
August 5th 2023
There are a number of Ukrainians who fled the war, who didn't sign up to the territorial army like Yuriy and he has heard some stories about what they are saying. And Yuriy has a word of thanks to a listener who sent him a care package.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
August 2nd 2023
Yuriy found some old newspapers from the 1990s and he has pieced together the past to see how Ukraine has ended up engaged in this war.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
July 31st 2023
Russia continues to bomb civilian locations in order to terrorise Ukraine. Yuriy says the war will only end when they cease to have the ability to make weapons.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
July 28th 2023
Yuriy talks more about the Territorial Defense Army of Ukraine and how it started out as volunteer civilians who are now the world's largest light infantry unit.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
July 25th 2023
Ukrainians have run out of space to bury their dead, and if the Russians want the land, they will be building on top of bones.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
July 24th 2023
This war has changed the Ukrainian people so much. Some of his friends in the army don't want to have close connections so they won't have to be mourned if they die in this war.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
July 20th 2023
Weather plays a big impact on infantry and how much harder their day can be. In the summer heat, carrying all of the standard issue army equipment is a struggle.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
July 16th 2023
Yuriy remembers a time when Ukrainians thought Putin was a good politician. And acknowledges the thousands of ethnic Russians in the Ukrainian army fighting Putin's regime.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
July 11th 2023
Yuriy lost another friend to the war and he reflects on the price Ukrainians are paying for their liberation and how it's the front line who are paying the price to try and retake their country.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
July 6th 2023
Want to hear a story worthy of a Hollywood movie? Prior to the war with Russia, his life as a journalist was full of capers and close calls, but recently Yuriy just met his long lost sister and there's more to uncover.
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or simply send him a message of support: fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com You can help Yuriy and his family by donating to his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yuriys-family Yuriy’s Podbean Patron sign-up to give once or regularly: https://patron.podbean.com/yuriy