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 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
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
January 7th 2022
While many people are making New Year's Resolutions and plans for a new year, Yuriy contemplates how the war has changed his ability to look to the future.
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 Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
January 3rd 2023
Yuriy starts the new year discussing the Russian attacks on civilian strikes in Ukraine. He also talks about a Banksy mural that he made when he visited in the fall - this photo is posted on his instagram page http://instagram.com/fightingforukraine
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 Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
December 29th 2022
Yuriy looks ahead to next year and his own future as the year wraps up and still the war rages 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
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
December 23rd 2022
Yuriy has a Christmas message for you, and he considers whether he is a good Christian or not because he will never be able to forgive the Russians who have killed his people.
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 Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
December 21st 2022
The Russians say that there are Nazis in Ukraine, Yuriy debunks those lies.
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 Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
December 20th 2022
Yuriy talks about the early days of the war when Russian Intelligence services threatened Ukrainian journalists to stop printing lies about the Russians and offered them safety if they defected from Ukraine to actively help Russian forces. And now they are hunted.
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 Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
December 18th 2023
Yuriy has had trouble sending episodes because of Russia's attacks on communications infrastructure, but he is back with this episode where he talks about Ukraine receiving bulletproof vests for children - for 5-8 year olds - and how shocked this made him.
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