Deadly rocket attacks, displacement, dangerous missions to the frontline - father Ilyas, Kyiv resident Oksana and military volunteer Seva, share one year of life in war-torn Ukraine.
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Deadly rocket attacks, displacement, dangerous missions to the frontline - father Ilyas, Kyiv resident Oksana and military volunteer Seva, share one year of life in war-torn Ukraine.
EP62 - Comedy nights, corroding childhoods, & checking out at the gym (Jan 9-13)
Ukraine War Diaries
8 minutes 57 seconds
2 years ago
EP62 - Comedy nights, corroding childhoods, & checking out at the gym (Jan 9-13)
As fighting rages in the east of the country and against the backdrop of mounting casualties in the mining town of Soledar, Oksana finds some unexpected respite at a Kyiv comedy night.
Meanwhile, in an basement gym, Ilyas finds a world removed from war, until the building is plunged into darkness.
OUR DIARISTS
Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv. Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s continues to try and make a life there.
Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe for business. Now, he makes regular supply drops of medical aid and rations to Ukrainian troops on the front line in Eastern Ukraine. He’s originally from a small village near Dnipro.
Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. His wife Natalia, and two young sons are taking refuge in Poland. As of January 2023, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv.
Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.
EP62 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice note.
From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast.
Producer: Rob Mulhern Editing: Paul Stanworth Digital Promotion: David Chipakupaku
Ukraine War Diaries
Deadly rocket attacks, displacement, dangerous missions to the frontline - father Ilyas, Kyiv resident Oksana and military volunteer Seva, share one year of life in war-torn Ukraine.
