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 Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7