What Is Life Like On The Ground In Ukraine? - Jake Hanrahan - #442

Jake Hanrahan is a conflict journalist, documentary filmmaker and the founder of Popular Front. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going for a week but it's felt like a year. Social media, YouTube and news channels have been awash with stories from on the ground and even the Wikipedia page has had over 500 contributors and is more than 20,000 words long. I wanted to find out what life is actually like on the ground in Ukraine from someone who's been there. Expect to learn what protection the Ukrainian citizens have access to from bombings, where civilians are getting all their guns from, how you coordinate citizen-militias with zero military training, whether world champion boxers are are actually helping the effort, how skeptical Jake is of the press coverage, how many Russians actually want this war and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:45) Current Civilian Life in Ukraine (08:53) Russian Strategy (14:07) Armed Civilian Response (23:46) Logistics of Ukraine’s Defence (30:16) Polarised Views of the Invasion (36:41) Social Media Coverage (50:35) Opinionated Soldiers (56:49) The Next Few Weeks (1:07:50) Reality Check for the West (1:17:58) Where to Find Jake Extra Stu…