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 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
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
February 16th 2023
Yuriy has been busy and not able to publish his show. He has been in Donbas for some time and in the outskirts of Bahmoud. He is physically and emotionally exhausted from the war and he tells a story of surviving a Russian shelling and a meeting with a local dog.
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
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
February 7th 2023
Yuriy talks about how Russian mines don't just affect humans in this war. The toll of the war is impacting Ukraine's animal kingdom as well.
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
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
February 5th 2023
Yuriy tells from story of last year and what remained in the food stores and his hunt for cat food and help from a comrade.
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
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
January 30th 2023
Yuriy explains the Russian military offensive strategy known as sending in the 'meatwaves' and what Ukraine can do to defend itself, and what it needs from its allies.
Yuriy has a message for you wherever you live and how you can help.
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
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
January 25th 2023
Yuriy talks about the kinds of rifles they use in the army, but also about the makeshift armoured cars the Ukrainian soldiers are constructing to stay safe and camouflaged as European countries decide if they will donate tanks to the war effort in Ukraine.
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
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
January 21st 2023
Yuriy talks about the differences in Russian and Ukrainian communications and warfare intercepts.
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
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
November 15th 2023
Yuriy talks about experiencing the shell blasts and the Russian attacks on infrastructure as the Russians diplomats who speak lies in the UN about what they are doing.
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
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
January 9th 2023
Yuriy talks about the curse of growing up in the soviet union, the chance of being exposed to war and being called up as a soldier was inevitable. His father and his grandfather were soldiers in past wars. And the misinformed beliefs of the Russians who fight that they are 'saving Ukranians' still persists.
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