478. Julia Friedrich - The Brutal Experience of Life Under Russian Occupation in the Donbas and Crimea

Julia Friedrich interview - The experience of Ukrainians under occupation Research referenced in this video: https://gppi.net/2024/07/30/life-under-russian-occupation-in-ukraine https://gppi.net/media/Friedrich_2024_Life-Under-Russian-Occupation.pdf ---------- NEW STUDY | “They Came to ‘Liberate’ Us and Left Us with Nothing” What does life under Russia’s occupation look like? It is a “total, all-encompassing fear” that dominates all aspects of life – that is how Ukrainians who lived under occupation in 2022-23 until they were liberated or escaped described it to me. In a new study, I collect accounts from Ukrainians to understand what their stories tell us about Russian occupation practices. News about the war in Ukraine are often dominated by front line movements and the counting of kilometres of advance or retreat. Through in-depth interviews, I aimed to instead shed light on the experiences of those that populate these spots on the map and the human cost of living under Russian ‘rule.’ ---------- Julia Friedrich is Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). She specialises in security dynamics in Russia and Ukraine. Other areas of interest include Germany and the EU's crisis prevention, stabilization and conflict resolution tools and feminist foreign policy. ---------- LINKS: https://x.com/ja_friedrich https://gppi.net/team/julia-friedrich https://gppi.net/publications/julia-friedrich ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.