ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This is a bonus episode of SEND7 in which Stephen interviews Halyna, a refugee from Ukraine. Sorry for the terrible sound quality!
Our next normal episode of 7-minute world news will be on Tuesday.
There are no transcripts for this episode, but these are some time-stamps:
1:00 What was life like in Ukraine before the invasion?
2:55 What did you do?
3:56 What have the last 6 weeks been like for you?
5:07 When did you leave Ukraine? Why Turkey?
9:10 Friend under Russian occupation.
10:45 Contact with Kyiv?
14:37 Waht do you want the world to do right now?
20:00 Any truth of Nazism in Ukraine?
26:50 I am a native Russian speaker.
28:40 Russia has invented excuses for invading.
29:16 Why do you think that Putin has invaded Ukraine?
30:45 Mother’s friend in Crimea thinks that Russian speakers in L’viv are being shot, because Russia controls the media in Crimea.
33:20 Putin wants to bring back the USSR and be an emperor.
34:10 The reason for invasion was not NATO membership.
34:45 You have family in Kherson which is under Russian occupation. What have they told you?
35:24 Before the war my family was Pro-Russia. Not now.
37:18 My family is embarrassed to take Russian aid, and protest every day.
38:20 Kherson is majority Russian speaking. But even they are still against Russian occupation.
42:47 Stephen went to Ukraine.
43:16 Halyna is flying to Poland right now.
Please help to support our work at SEND7.org/support
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Our next normal episode of 7-minute world news will be on Tuesday.
There are no transcripts for this episode, but these are some time-stamps:
1:00 What was life like in Ukraine before the invasion?
2:55 What did you do?
3:56 What have the last 6 weeks been like for you?
5:07 When did you leave Ukraine? Why Turkey?
9:10 Friend under Russian occupation.
10:45 Contact with Kyiv?
14:37 Waht do you want the world to do right now?
20:00 Any truth of Nazism in Ukraine?
26:50 I am a native Russian speaker.
28:40 Russia has invented excuses for invading.
29:16 Why do you think that Putin has invaded Ukraine?
30:45 Mother’s friend in Crimea thinks that Russian speakers in L’viv are being shot, because Russia controls the media in Crimea.
33:20 Putin wants to bring back the USSR and be an emperor.
34:10 The reason for invasion was not NATO membership.
34:45 You have family in Kherson which is under Russian occupation. What have they told you?
35:24 Before the war my family was Pro-Russia. Not now.
37:18 My family is embarrassed to take Russian aid, and protest every day.
38:20 Kherson is majority Russian speaking. But even they are still against Russian occupation.
42:47 Stephen went to Ukraine.
43:16 Halyna is flying to Poland right now.
Please help to support our work at SEND7.org/support
Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7
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