what is it like for Ukrainians in Australia watching their country at war?
- Written by Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney

Last Friday afternoon, I received a phone call from my mother in Ukraine. It was 5am Kyiv time and I heard her voice tremble as she told me, “Putin announced an invasion – I can hear bombing!”.
Ukrainians around the world are watching the Russian invasion of their home in horror and distress. As a researcher in...
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