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

<p>Jake Hanrahan is a conflict journalist, documentary filmmaker and the founder of Popular Front.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at <a href="https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom</span></a> (use code: MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on Mission’s high performance teas at <a href="https://missionuk.com"><span class= "s1">https://missionuk.com</span></a> (use code MW20)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on everything from Lucy at <a href= "https://uk.lucy.co/"><span class= "s1">https://uk.lucy.co/</span></a> (UK) or <a href= "https://lucy.co/"><span class="s1">https://lucy.co/</span></a> (US) (use code: MW20)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Follow Popular F