Ukraine - History in the Making
Ukraine - History in the Making is a series of conversations with me and various guests aiming to improve our understanding of the war in Ukraine and with the ambition of improving our ability to understand and fight the global struggle for freedom. My name is Emil Juhler-Nøttrup, I am 27 years old and I come from Copenhagen, Denmark. I have always been politically active and currently I’m doing a Master’s degree in Political Science. Besides that I went to Ukraine in February 2024. My personal motivation for doing this stems from a sense of responsibility and indignation that I have felt ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The responsibility and indignation arose because what took place crystallised for me what happens when free democratic countries meet autocratic threats with apathy, conveniency and appeasement. The free democratic world failed Ukraine by giving them NOTHING substantial to defend themselves with prior to the full-scale invasion because we thought the President and the people would surrender without a fight. Why were we so blatantly wrong? I think it comes down to two factors. One is our own inability to defend and understand freedom, and the other is our lack of knowledge about the countries that have suffered under Soviet and Russian influence in the past, and I think the two are intrinsically linked. Therefore, I also think that by understanding Ukraine better, we can improve our overall ability to defend and understand freedom. The conversations take place in Danish and English, as I also speak with Danes. I do my best to talk to as many Ukrainians as possible, because their stories are the most important and greatly inspire me, but many of the conversations are also with Danish and foreign politicians or experts whose voices are important in the debate. Enjoy and get smarter. Slava Ukraini!
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Fredag den 8. september talte jeg med Magnus Flensborg, kandidat til Europa-Parlamentsvalget 2024 for Socialistisk Folkeparti. Det er anden samtale i en række af samtaler med unge kandidater til EP-valget, hvor jeg indtil videre skal tale med i hvert fald en kandidat mere. I samtalen med Magnus går vi i dybden med, hvordan han blev kandidat, hvor han er i sin kampagne, og hvad hans chancer er. Derudover taler vi om hans motivation for at stille op og selvfølgelig om Magnus' visioner for, hvordan østeuropæiske lande som Ukraine og Georgien på sigt kan blive en fuldbyrdig del af den frie demokratiske europæiske familie.
Lyt med og bliv klogere!
Link til Magnus' FB: https://www.facebook.com/magnusflensborgeu
Link til Magnus' Insta: https://www.instagram.com/magnusflensborgeu/
Link til Magnus' X: https://twitter.com/Mflensborgeu
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
On Wednesday 6 September, I spoke to Anastasia Krasnoshchoka who is the Co-Founder of Ukrainian Dialogues which is an NGO focusing on deepening social, political, scientific, and cultural ties between Denmark and Ukraine. However, Anastasia is first and foremost an artist and dancer with a big heart for Ukrainian culture. In the conversation we talk about the dance-performance “Flowers also cry” where Anastasia is both the choreographer, a dancer and as we hear in the conversation someone who has worked a loth behind the scenes to make the performance become a reality. As I learn in the conversation she also had a significant role in the Maidan-revolution, which is always relevant to talk more about!
Listen along and get smarter.
Link to Ukrainian Dialogues on FB: https://www.facebook.com/UAdialogues
Link to Ukrainian Dialogues on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/CthFig5sW-t/
Link to tickets for “Flowers also cry” which I think everyone should go see. Ticket sales are donated to Ukraine: https://billetto.dk/e/flowers-also-cry-billetter-860994/social
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Fredag den 1. september talte jeg med Jonas Pullich Knudsen, kandidat for Venstre til Europa-Parlamentsvalget 2024. Vi taler selvfølgelig om Jonas´ position ift. Ukraine, og så taler vi om Europas bredere sikkerhedspolitiske situation. Udover det når vi vidt omkring, hvad angår Jonas visioner i EP-parlamentet, såfremt han kommer ind, mens vi også indledningsvist vender, hvordan Jonas ser på det at være en ung kandidat på "kun" 21 år.
Lyt med og bliv klogere!
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
On Thursday, August 24th (Ukraine's Independence Day), I spoke with Diana Trushova. We talk about the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the history of National Independence Day, the current state of the war and finally, we briefly share our expectations of what Ukraine will be on the other side of the war. Incidentally, this is not the first time Diana and I have spoken. We also spoke last April when I interviewed her as part of my bachelor thesis. It never ceases to amaze me how willing so many Ukrainians are, in the midst of everything they are going through, to come out and share their story.
Listen along and get smarter.
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
This is the second Slava Ukraini episode. This means, that as in the first one, it's not a conversation, but a monologue. In the first monologue in the beginning of May I shared my thoughts going into the Ukrainian counteroffensive. In this monologue I react to the course of actions between that time and today. What is the state of the counteroffensive as of now? Why does a lot of western following of the war frustrate me? Why must the war in Ukraine take a more prevalent position in Western political agenda? And much more of course.
Slava Ukraini and Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
On Saturday the 5th of August I spoke with Karina Golovko. Karina and her family are from an area of Eastern Ukraine that is under Russian occupation and has been since the start of the full scale war. Karina herself was in Kyiv when the full scale invasion happened. From there she fled to Scotland in the spring last year. Unfortunately, her family and parents are in a very different situation. They are in occupied Russian territory, and as if that's not terrible enough in itself a deeply tragic thing happened to Karina and her family. Her father was forced into a Russian prison camp in the beginning of the full scale war. He was there for five months without the family hearing from him. In the conversation, Karina explains what it was like to flee Ukraine and settle in Scotland while getting no news of her dad and only being able to speak with her mother through connections intercepted by Russian security police.
Listen along and get smarter.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Onsdag den 2. august talte jeg med Alexander Blavnsfeldt, landsformand for SF Ungdom. Vi taler om koranafbrændinger, venstrefløjen, Østeuropa, værdier, rammerne for politisk aktivisme og meget mere.
Link til SF Ungdom på FB: https://www.facebook.com/sfungdom
Link til SF Ungdom på IG: https://instagram.com/sf_ungdom?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
On the 27th of July I spoke with Mariia Bublyk. Mariia is from Kyiv and has lived there throughout the war. We talk about life as an ordinary Ukrainian since the large-scale invasion, her job as an English teacher focusing on psychological traumas for her students and much more.
Listen along and get smarter. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Lørdag den 16. juli talte jeg med Niels Jespersen, chefredaktør for Netavisen Pio og tidligere konstabel i Afghanistan. Vi taler om den internationale magtbalance med fokus på, hvorfor Ukraine er blevet et offer for Vestens mislykkedes krige i Mellemøsten.
Lyt med og bliv klogere.
Link til DR-klip med Niels: https://www.facebook.com/Debatten/videos/546050170673572/
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
On the 10th of July I spoke with Olena Dudko from Ukraine. Olena has a major in International Law and is the International Officer at the organisation 'European Youth of Ukraine'. Besides that Olena has always been active in the struggle for a Ukrainian future with full integration into the EU and other Western institutions. We talk about the most important stories surrounding the war as of July 2023 this being the Ukrainian offensive, cluster munitions, the ongoing NATO-summit and the possible outcomes of what Russia is or is not planning to do at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Listen along and get smarter. Slava Ukraini!
Links to "European Youth of Ukraine" on social media:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/euroyouthua/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/euroyouth.org.ua
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EuroYouthUA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-youth-of-ukraine/