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 Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
September 10th 2022
The Ukranian army is advancing and gaining ground. Yuriy talks about the myth of the invincible and fearless Russian army and how it is crumbling before his eyes.
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
September 5th 2022
For many people, the beginning of September marks the beginning of a new school year, but this year in Ukraine looks very different as Yuriy's own daughter begins her last year at school.
Do you have a Macbook pro you'd be willing to donate or would you help him by donating to his GoFundMe so he can continue to make the podcast? Email Stevie his producer fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com if you have a laptop and they will figure out how to get it to Yuriy with your help.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
August 31st 2022
Yuriy is awarded the highest honour in the Territorial Defense Army for his service, he talks about the drones that they use in the field, and his laptop has finally broken and he's asking for help to replace it.
Do you have a Macbook pro you'd be willing to donate or would you help him by donating to his GoFundMe so he can continue to make the podcast? Email Stevie his producer fightingtherussianbeast@gmail.com if you have a laptop and they will figure out how to get it to Yuriy with your help.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
August 24th 2022
Today marks an important day for Ukrainians, Independence Day as Yuriy and his comrades are fighting for that independence still nearly 6 months after the start of the war and he considers how lucky he is to have lasted this long.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
August 22nd 2022
Yuriy talks about speaking Russian as his first language and what it is like not being fully proficient in the language of his country.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
August 18th 2022
Yuriy describes the experience of being in Kharkiv when it's being bombed by ballistic missiles.
He shares a photo on his instagram of the street artist named Hamlet, also known as the Ukrainian Banksy, inside a bombed building in Kharkiv.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
August 16th 2022
Yuriy is asked by a reporter if he would fight alongside the Russians who oppose Putin. His answer is complicated...
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
August 14th 2022
Yuriy admits to being a little clumsy. Or a LOT clumsy and how this works when he is a soldier in the army or before the war in his normal life.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
August 13th 2022
Yuriy returns to Kharkiv briefly as part of his unit's patrol and he is saddened to see his city in ruins, his favourite pub "The Hemingway" reduced to rubble. Check out the @fightingforukraine instagram page to see the photo he took.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
August 9th 2022
Yuriy makes note of a milestone, 5 months of this podcast. He reads part of a note from a Finnish listener Niilo and thinks about how he believed 5 months ago the victory day would be coming much sooner.
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
Yuriy’s GoFundMe campaign to support his family: https://gofund.me/6bef49ba