Ukraine War Diaries

Sep 30 2024 72 ep. 7 mins 394

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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.

From the producers of Sky News StoryCast.

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Introducing... The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim

Sep 30 2024 1 mins

Sky News’ Yalda Hakim and NBC’s Richard Engel have covered world events for years. Now, they team up for a new podcast to share their experiences from the frontline. They debrief from global flashpoints and discuss their encounters with the biggest decision makers. They’ll also be joined by some of those key players to help make sense of world events. From conflict in the Mid

EP68 - One year, three lives & our stories of war (Feb 25)

Feb 24 2023 22 mins

In an extended episode to mark one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ilyas, Oksana and Seva come together for the first time as a group, to share just some of what impacted them most in the last 12 months and to consider what the future holds? OUR DIARISTS Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv. M

EP67 - Zelenskyy the great, loving power & ‘the smell of Spring’ (Feb 13-17)

Feb 17 2023 12 mins

Ilyas praises Ukraine’s leader after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s UK visit and is grateful his wife and children, in Poland, don’t have to experience life in the middle of a warzone. Oksana is happy to have electricity this week and is looking forward to Spring and a trip to Europe, where she’ll be reunited with her best friend after many months apart And her husband Seva, a milit

EP66 - Barbarity in Bakhmut, bedding parcels & Kharkiv buyer’s guide (Feb 6-10)

Feb 10 2023 13 mins

Military volunteer Seva learns about comrades who suffered horrific deaths when he returns to Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.In Kyiv, answering a displaced mother’s call for help leads to an inspiring phone conversation for Oksana. And Ilyas undertakes an anxious journey hundreds of kilometres across Ukraine to buy a car for his family.WARNING: Seva’s diary contains graphic referen

EP65 - Strollers, sacrifice & the Spring offensive (Jan 30-3 Feb)

Feb 03 2023 12 mins

Now more than half-way through the winter, and more than 11 months since his family fled the country, Ilyas makes peace with the realisation that his eldest son is successfully assimilating into life in Poland, a re-location forced upon his family by the Russian invasion.In Kyiv, conversations with his comrades on the front line forces Seva to yet again match the odds of mounting R

EP64 - Tanks, transfers & the threat of doing nothing (Jan 23-27)

Jan 27 2023 11 mins

Returning from assignment, Seva speaks with comrades in the eastern city of Bakhmut who are in desperate need of more advanced weaponry but happy to be alive.In Kyiv, Ilyas turns his birthday into a military fundraising exercise.And as Ukraine pleads to the West for more heavy weapons, the story of displacement continues as Oksana supports the arrival of more refugees into Kyiv. OU

EP63 - Dnipro, despair & waiting for deliverance (Jan 16-20)

Jan 20 2023 13 mins

Seva has a difficult conversation with his sister after a Russian ballistic missile targets her Dnipro neighbourhood, killing 45 people and injuring dozens more. In Kyiv, Oksana shares some of the stories that have penetrated the soul of the nation and reflects on how the attack is impacting the Ukrainian psyche.Meanwhile, a conversation between Ilyas and his grandmother - who grew

EP62 - Comedy nights, corroding childhoods, & checking out at the gym (Jan 9-13)

Jan 13 2023 8 mins

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,

EP61 - Birthday at the pictures, pizza nights & polish pick-ups (Jan 2-6)

Jan 06 2023 11 mins

In Kyiv, making use of one of the cities bomb-proofed theatres, Oksana books a comedy night for military volunteer husband Seva.In one of the capital’s restaurants, Seva begins the new year in the company of army comrades who extend an emotional gesture of brotherhood in the form of a knife.And after saying farewell to his family, Ilyas transports an old car from Poland ear-marke

EP60 - Fond memories, fallen soldiers & our first war-time Christmas (Dec 25-31)

Dec 26 2022 11 mins

Against the backdrop of a Kyiv still under siege, Oksana reflects on magical Christmas memories from childhood until a drone attack brings her back to reality with a jolt.Meanwhile Seva shares the Christmas reality of comrades who continue to fight through the festive period.And Ilyas, looks to the New Year with hope. OUR DIARISTSIlyas is an IT specialist and married father who fle