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.’”
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
Jan 9, 2023
Jan 9, 2023
4 min
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
Jan 7, 2023
Jan 7, 2023
4 min
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
Jan 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023
5 min
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
Dec 29, 2022
Dec 29, 2022
4 min
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
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Dec 23, 2022
Dec 23, 2022
3 min
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
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
4 min
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
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
3 min
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
Dec 18, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
3 min
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
Dec 11, 2022
Dec 11, 2022
4 min
December 11th 2022
Yuriy wonders what life was like before the war, and how he can live after the war without holding so much hatred for the Russians. He also reads a beautiful poem he translated from poet Dominika Kozlovska
They said: “Hey, Granny, hop inside the busCos Russians are getting closer to usGet your cat and move from here”.She refused and said: “My dearI`m too old to leave, so put a lidWith my young neighbors and their kid”.Old lady went downstairs to her storeroom -The dusty small cage in need of a broom.She's moving away the bottles and cans,Replacing the barrels and bented tin pansFor clearing the way to the huge heavy door.There's someone inside, someone scratching the floor.She's taking away the bolts and the locksAnd doing all this to herself lady talks:“I've never imagine I`ll see at again,I clearly remember how the old war began.They came here with tanks nearly era ago,And now again with their tanks they are go…Move outside, but don't touch the gardens,I'll see it cos birds are your wardensYour job is to help us with Russians”.The old lady's cat interrupts this discussion.Arching his back he hissed and tinged While glass in the window started to ring.The Russians are moving Ukrainian ground.The old lady frees the three-headed hound
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
Dec 6, 2022
Dec 6, 2022
4 min
December 6th 2022
Yuriy has met some new friends in the barracks who have also given up their careers to join the army and they discuss what they will do after the war, those who will be lucky enough to survive.
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