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
Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
4 min
April 25th 2022
Yuriy has just returned after a trip to Odessa, where the city was shelled during his short stay over the Easter weekend...
Yuriy also expresses his thanks for listening to his podcast and donating to his GoFundMe page.
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
3 min
April 21st 2022
Yuriy is back and has some news about Lloyd, his American friend and an interview he did for the BBC recently where, it seems, Boris Johnson was listening to his pleas for assistance...
Apr 17, 2022
Apr 17, 2022
3 min
April 17th 2022
Yuriy's Easter Sunday looks a little different this year. He speaks about his comrade who is the machine gunner in his platoon who loves his weapon.
Yuriy will also be on rotation in another region of Ukraine for the next few days and he won't be able to post any updates.
Apr 16, 2022
Apr 16, 2022
3 min
April 16th 2022
Yuriy notes he is having trouble focusing, and not surprisingly, but he draws a comparison between the megalomania of Hitler and Putin, but hopes for one key difference...
Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022
3 min
April 15th 2022
The news of the Russian flagship missile cruiser sunk by a Ukrainian missile is a victory for the invaded nation. Yuriy considers this a bad omen for the Russians for a few reasons…
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
3 min
April 14th 2022
Yuriy has returned safely from rotation but the things he has witnessed remind him of tactics from another oppressive regime... He calls for help from the West to enable Ukraine to defeat the invaders.
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
3 min
April 10th 2022
Yuriy thinks about the reprieve he's been able to have at the moment as Kyiv has managed to push out the Russians. He has been able to cuddle his cats and think about the books he wants to read in his retirement...
PRODUCER'S NOTE: Yuriy will be on the road April 11-14th so we are not expecting any new episodes until Friday 15th
Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
4 min
April 9th 2022
Yuriy has seen and experienced so many things in the last month, many of which his brain is trying to forget. Today he tells a story about another town destroyed and abandoned by Russians and what they were able to determine happened from the body count of people and animals.
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
3 min
April 8th 2022
Yuriy meets with an old friend and CNN reporter, Michael Weiss who wrote "the" book about ISIS and how it funded itself. Yuriy met with Michael and interviewed him for his radio program a few years ago. He reflects on the way in which Russia has done something similar but in the wide open trade markets.
Apr 7, 2022
Apr 7, 2022
3 min
April 7th 2022
Yuriy describes what he has been seeing in Bucha the last couple of days. Not only have Ukranians been killed and displaced, but so have their pets and many of them get new names, such as Bucha.