There’s a group chat for Nigerian students living in Ukraine that got totally upended by the war. Reporter Alexis Okeowo tells the story and talks to one of the students in it. (19 minutes)
Read more of Alexis’s reporting on foreign students in Ukraine at The New Yorker.
By Alexis Okeowo; Produced by Chana Joffe-Walt
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As President Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office, producer Valerie Kipnis talks to Ukrainian soldiers on the front line who wonder about what his administration could mean for them. (14 minutes)
Fights #3 and #4: Crimea and the Globe
Nadia remembers the times that Luka’s father would suggest going to Crimea for vacation, as if it wasn’t Ukrainian land occupied by Russia.
Fight #8: The Fight That Wasn’t
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