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
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
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
July 3rd 2023
Yuriy had to say goodbye to a friend recently, a fellow journalist and he has a message for you.
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 Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
June 24th 2023
Yuriy talks about the looting that is happening by Russian soldiers in Ukraine that has been approved and encouraged by Russia.
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 Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
June 25th 2023
Yuriy gives his view on the failed Russian coup and the history of the Prigozhin, the leader of Russian mercenary group Wagner.
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 Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
June 23rd 2023
Yuriy gives us a history lesson with some of the army equipment he is using.
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 Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
June 20 2023
Yuriy answers some questions a listener, Tommy from London, about the war, his music choices, and he asks him his opinion on a song he wrote about the Arab/Iraeli conflict, listen here for free: https://tommykaneko.bandcamp.com/track/killers-in-the-sky
You can email Yuriy, ask him questions or send him a message of support just like Tommy: 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 Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
June 16th 2023
Yuriy's daughter has her final school exams today and Yuriy considers the rhetoric and propaganda that the Russians see when Ukraine is under attack.
Encourage Yuriy and send him a message of support, email your question to him: 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 Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
June 13th 2023
Yuriy thanks hist listeners who have reached out to him to congratulate him for his medal and has some more words on why Ukraine continues to fight and knows what's at stake for the rest of the world.
Encourage Yuriy and send him a message of support, email your question to him: 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