The Voice of Ukraine with Ivan Verstyuk: Recent Episodes
Ivan Verstyuk
Ivan Verstyuk is a Ukrainian journalist who lives in Kyiv, a city that's been a target of Russia's war since February 24, 2022. He takes his long walks around the city to see how the war is taking a toll on his city, to talk to people and reflect on what he sees. Fear and destruction, pain and suffering are everywhere. Ivan believes in the people of Ukraine and has faith that this country will survive the war and resurrect - just like a Phoenix . But who is Ukraine? Who will Ukraine be when it rises again? Ivan searches for the identity of Ukraine through conversations, personal musings and reflections on life in a time of war.
Ivan explains three possible ways to support other people in the time of war: conversations, tangible help and spiritual assistance.
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Ivan talks about how good it feels to get so much support for our Ukrainian case during the war. It started with signing agreement with the US in November, 21, when we became America's strategic ally in eastern Europe.
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Ivan shares a story that I witnessed here in Kyiv and gives his thoughts on how a person should be ready to begin life from scratch if war ruined everything in his or herlife.
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Ivan talks about PTSD syndrome among war veterans and civilians who lived under the Russian occupation.
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Ivan gives a list of three categories of people in terms of how they're reacting to the war.
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Ivan explains how much work Ukrainian police has here in Kyiv and also all over the country and explains why many more people get into these criminal gangs during war and instability.
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There are so many deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are a few reasons why the Russian army has such enormous losses.
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Ivan talks about how hard it is to find a job during the war and what one should be doing to actually find a job, no matter what, and pay taxes to fund the Ukrainian army.
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Ivan talks about how important it is to produce this financial compensation for those families who have lost their loved ones during the war in Ukraine.
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Ivan shares his personal experience with educating his 14 year old son during the war.
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Ethical lessons of war: Whether it's lack of money for living, healthcare condition or psychological crisis; How to ask for help properly if you're in a problematic situation.
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Russian aircraft attack. We've had a horrible night with explosions and noise, but we keep resisting and analyzing how we should get better at protecting our skies.
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Ivan talks about importance of gender equality during the war and also in other historical periods as we need to help women enjoy their rights in full.
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Rebuilding Ukraine: here, I go out with this message: if the Ukrainian army is doing the right thing, fighting the enemy on the battlefields, then the society should also be doing the right thing, creating a better, richer Ukraine. I also quote former French leader Charles de Gaulle here.
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Law and order: this episode has to do with how much law and order matters to Ukraine during the war, but for all the other countries as well. I also stand up here against all kinds of financial fraud and corruption committed during the full-scale war.
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an episode about having right people around, people able to support you in your survival, on your winning path. Staying connected with proper people is crucial for winning the war.
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this is a story of how I feed pigeons, crows, dogs, cats here in Kyiv and why this is important. We've got lots of environmental issues nowadays.
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Healthcare during war. Importance of doctors, nurses, medical servants during war is critical, really-really important. I've recorded this while I was waiting for my appointment with my doctor in a private clinic in Kyiv.
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On Feb 24, we'll be having an anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, so this is an important week and I'm explaining in this episode why it's important.
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Feb 13. Family life during war. Psychological climate within a family. Rules of privacy in family life. Family talks.
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Feb 12. Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. Tragic losses. Helping people in those countries. Dreams of Syrian people. Turkey as Ukraine’s reliable partner.
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Feb 11. Community service during war. I tell what kind of community projects I’m doing: feeding homeless people, handicapped people, poor people; feeding birds. I explain my philosophy of community service here.
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Feb 10. Big Russian air offensive operation. Kyiv and other cities. People in bomb shelters all day long. Being a 100% optimist.
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Technology and war: information warfare, Google as Ukraine’s potential partner, tech warfare, cyber security.
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Ethics of war: cooperation, solidarity, community service during war. Importance of agreeing with each other on doing practical things.
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Ivan explores the use of social Media in Ukraine.
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This episode is about the death of Mr Denys Monastyrsky, Ukraine's interior minister. He died in a helicopter crash.
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Ivan talks about the proposed ceasefire from the Kremlin on January 6 and the changing out of Russia's Generals due to the lack of success by the Russian army.
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Ivan investigates how Ukraine is changing politically and what is needed to rebuild the country to be strong and avoid another invasion.
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This episode includes a short update on how things are with water and electricity in the city of Kyiv. Ivan talks about meeting Ukranian soldiers in the streets, what they look like, and their morale.
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Ivan talks about similarities and disparities between past wars and Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how the Ukrainian army is more prepared and equipped than before.
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On December 19, Russia launched drone attacks on Kyiv. Ivan talks how many are leaving Ukraine to find safety in surrounding countries
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Ivan tells a real life story about how people in Kyiv got tired of war. Tired emotionally - mostly, because of electricity shortages. He also explains why the Ukrainian army is stronger than the Russian army.
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Ivan interviews his mother, Antonina on her perspective of the war and what she looks forward to when the war ends.
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Ivan tells of life in Kiev on November 25, 2022
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War as a personal experience. This is an episode where I talk about how to take the war personally, putting aside the country-level, political side of experiencing the war. Also, I describe life without electricity in Kyiv and how Ukrainian soldiers feel on the frontlines during winter, when it’s getting colder.
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Winning the war is a special art which has to do with military technology, politics and all the other important things. Ethics of winning the war is somewhere on the edge, where so many choices are located - like how far you're willing to go in humiliating the enemy. Also, a good quote from Vermont Royster, a famous American journalist from the 1940s, is included.
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This has to do with how much solidarity is needed during the war, where both - army and civilians - would join their efforts for winning, for having victory. Disagreements, of course, arise too when the war takes place, but it's so important to keep solidarity.
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I recorded this episode when I was taking a walk in downtown Kyiv, but suddenly heard the air signals which can be heard on this recording. I'm describing how people around are behaving and how much air defense matters during war.
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Ivan reflects on a really horrible morning in Kyiv, when Russian missiles hit civilian targets in the city. This was a really, really noisy morning - and people usually get scared, when there's so much noise in the skies. It reminds us of the most horrible days of war in February and March.
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Ivan jams along with a halloween tune. When he lived in Kansas, he had a band and they covered this tune.
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Ivan talks with Anatoliy, a resident of western Kyiv who works in the financial industry and is going through all the wartime hardships with his family, a wife, whose parents survived Russian occupation, and a child, his 1 yo daughter called Maria. Anatoliy has to take care of them, cover their financial needs and also keep them emotionally healthy as the war with Russia continues.
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October 26. An episode about how important it is to have a deep, comprehensive hope during war - that's the only instrument that may guarantee your survival.
Also, in this episode, I tell about how it feels to have an honest romantic relationship during the war and Russian invasion. Russian drones that damage Ukraine's energy infrastructure are also mentioned in this episode.
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October 24. This episode is about having this really challenging stage of war, where the Ukrainian army has to do the counter-offensive which is a little bit more difficult than the defense. So, we need to unite in solidarity for the support of the Ukrainian army and admit that we're ready for challenges if those are needed for liberating our territories.
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October 21- This has to do with all the losses that Ukraine experienced during the course of war and has to overcome. More of ethical considerations - it's more about lessons of war. Ethical lessons. Also, a short update on the security situation in Kyiv where I live.
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Ivan speaks with former US Marine John Sennett who lives in Kyiv. John tells his story of living through the Russian Invasion.
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Ivan talks with Anatoliy about his experience of the war in Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine during the Russian Invasion.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kiev and the news from around Ukraine during the Russian Invasion.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan talks of the ongoing mental and emotional struggles of life in Ukraine during the Russian Invasion.
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Monika and Signe, two Estonian women, are volunteering to help Ukraine - they've organized the production of military nets which are supplied to the Ukraine army for defensive use. Both women are inspired to be doing something war-related, but at the same time admit that they support Ukraine because it's defending itself, not attacking other sovereign country. Besides producing nets, Monika and Signe organize Ukrainian events in Tartu - like Ukrainian Bouffet, a food event with Ukrainian dishes, that is supported by Open Women, an organization for women rights. Monika and Signe talk about what the Russia's war against Ukraine means for Estonia. They share their memories of the Soviet times when Estonia was a part of the USSR. Both women emphasize a role of Nordic countries like Norway, Sweden and Denmark for making Estonia an independent state and a good place to live.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and news from around Ukraine. He talks of the history of violence and degradation Ukrainians suffered at the will of Russia.
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Ivan pays homage to a fallen soldier, shares his own life struggles, looks into the core of humanities potential and sows the seeds for the new Ukraine. He gives an update on life in Kyiv and the news from around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update from Kyiv and news from around Ukraine. He talks about some of the issue Ukraine faces and many that existed before the war began.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and the news from around Ukraine.
Ivan updates on life in Kyiv and the news around Ukraine.
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Ivan updates on life in Kyiv and the news around Ukraine.
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Ivan gives an update on life in Kyiv and the need to reflect within as Ukraine moves forward.
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Kateryna Vaisero, a student at Estonian Tartu University, has been living in Tartu for the latest three years. She was in Estonia when the war started and gave shelter to her mother and friends from Dnipro when they fled abroad. Kateryna and other Ukrainians in Tartu followed all the news during the first days in from the kitchen in her flat in Estonia. Like many Ukrainians abroad, she feels guilt that they haven't done enough for the country, but Kateryna also noticed that Ukrainian diaspora in Tartu became even more bonded - a feeling she didn't have prior to the war.
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Ivan gives an update from the heart of Kyiv.
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Ivan gives an update from Kyiv on the devastation of the war and celebrates the return of many Ukrainians to Kyiv.
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Ivan talks about military aid to Ukraine, military strategy of Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian refugees around the world.
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Ivan gives an update on the war in Ukraine.
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Ivan talks about the lack of work, the need for the emergence of a positive Ukrainian identity, the intense fighting in Mariupol and the Russian celebration of victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 on May 9.
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Ivan gives a news update, talks about economic destruction, refugees and those who stayed behind, and Russia.
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Life in Kyiv in the 10th week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
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Ivan talks about the over-arching solidarity of Ukraine in the midst of disagreements.
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Ivan investigates the history of Russia and Ukraine and the ideology of Soviet identity.
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Ivan shares about meeting with his friend, Kostya on the streets of Kyiv.
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Olena shares how there is nowhere safe in Ukraine and how the chaos of war rips through life.
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Ivan gives and update on the war in Ukraine and details the challenges of the Ukranian people.
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Ivan shares the things he does to keep rest and rejuvenation in this chaotic time in Kyiv.
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You go to sleep to War. You wake up to War. Week after week: Month after Month. How do you engage a life with no certainty? War fatigue sets in. Ivan reflects on life in war.
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Ivan talks with a young man who walks the streets of war torn Kyiv to make sure there is no looting and things are going well with safety in the city. Denys is the voice of Ukraine.
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Ivan talks to Maxsym on the streets of Kyiv.
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A grave with 9000 + bodies has been found outside Mariupol. Ivan mourns with his country and talks about Russia targeting civilians. This episode contains stark description of war and death.
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April 22 is Lenin's birthday. Ivan talks about the life and heritage of Lenin and how Putin models himself after him and promotes him as a hero to the Russian People
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Ivan takes a walk in Maidan Square and talks about his observations on military movements, Ukrainian food supply, Polish aid to Ukraine, the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in supporting the invasion and the support of the EU for President Zelensky and Ukraine.
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Ivan speaks with Kseniya Turkova, a journalist with experience in both Ukrainian and Russian media. They discuss complexities of Russian Media, the western media coverage of the war and many other topics.
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Ivan interviews Elizaveta Antonova, a journalist for a Russian news website called Meduza. They discuss support and dissent within Russia about the War, the role of the media, the shared heartbreak of war between neighbors.
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Ivan answers questions from the Mycelium Collective Facebook Page. If you have a question to ask send a message to the Mycelium Collective or directly to Ivan Verstyuk on Facebook or Twitter.
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Ivan discusses the scarcity of food and vulnerability of the elderly in Ukraine, the situation of Ukrainian Oligarch controlled media, and looking forward to the post war needs of Ukraine.
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In this episode, Ivan answers questions from The Mycelium Collective Facebook page.
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Boris Grozovskiy gives an inside view from the Russian perspective into the possibility of peace, the mindset of the Russian people about the war on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's government, his mental instability and the possible use of Nuclear Weapons.
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Ivan talks about civilian life in Kyiv, prayers for the injured and the hope of peace.
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Ivan talks about the massacres throughout Ukraine, the financial crisis of the private sector workers, the Orthodox priests working as negotiators between Russians and Ukranians. Praying for the war to end and Ukraine to maintain its sovereignty.
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Ivan shares the practical and emotional difficulties in caring for loved ones and the need for keeping morale high while the war continues.
Iryna Slavinska is anexecutive producer at Radio Culture, a public broadcaster and activist. She tells the story of atrocities by the Russian Military against Ukranian Women.
Ivan talks about Russian Operatives in the Kyiv marking buildings for shelling and providing intelligence for the Russian army. He shares the heart of Ukranian people to keep fighting the Russians.
Ivan gives an update on the war in the Eastern parts of Ukraine and talks about the economic and social and emotional trauma of what is to live under fire. The difficulty of living under fear.
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Ivan talks about what is happening outside his window in Kiev and digs into some of the history of the country. He addresses the complexity of Ukrainian cultures and the attack on Lviv.
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Ivan talks about what is happening outside his window in Kiev and the movements of the Russian military. He addresses the diplomatic meetings between Ukraine and Russia.
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Alex shares his experience of the radical shift from artist to combat medic and his first experience with trying to save a life.
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Ivan talks about the difference between the life of civilians and soldiers in the time of war. He explores the best way, as a journalist, to help his country in this time of need.
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Ivan Verstyuk is a Ukranian journalist living in Kiev. Everyday he sees his city battered by missles, he hears the cries of fear and terror, he knows the suffering of war. But, in midst of the chaos hope remains and acts of heroism and kindness take place every day. Ivan believes in Ukraine and wants to tell you about his country, his people, his home.
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