8 Jul 2024

David Farrar on his glimpse of the Ukraine-Russian war

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 8 July 2024

It's been over 860 days since Russian troops crossed the border and invaded neighbouring Ukraine.

Since then tens of thousands of lives have been lost and hundreds of thousands of people have had to flee their homes.

Blogger, pollster and RNZ regular David Farrar has recently returned from visiting Ukraine and he speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience of a country still very much at war.

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on November 30, 2023 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C-L) and Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi (C-R) visiting of Ukraine's army command post in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on 30 November, 2023 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi. Photo: Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP