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“Ukraine: The First Country of the Freedom World”: Plus: the horrible carnage at the Kramatorsk Railway Station Apr 9 For the quickest updates, please join our Telegram Channel. And we welcome your financial support via LvivLab.com. If you wish, please spread the word by forwarding this email to others. Subscribe now Interview with a Kharkiv Civic Leader: “We want to live free, not as slaves” KHARKIV, Ukraine’s second largest city, was before the war a city of start-ups, universities, high culture, parks, and cool cafés. Since the first moments of the 24 February invasion, the Russians have shelled this city every day and much of it is in ruins. Ukraine Freedom News's Joe Lindsley, American journalist, speaks with Ihor Balaka, deputy head of Kharkiv’s European Business Association, an interviewer in the Press Club Kharkiv, a real estate dealer, and a civic leader in Ukraine's second-biggest city, 20 miles from Russia. Ihor is regularly traveling across the country to bring supplies to his city, where it is now difficult to find basic food. Every day on Facebook, Ihor posts stories about Kharkiv people in a series called "The Close Relatives of Unbreakable Kharkiv." In this interview, Ihor's son, Bohdan Balaka, translates. 🔵 Do people still speak Russian in Kharkiv? 🟡 What is the mood on the streets in Ukraine's 2nd biggest city, which has been shelled every day since the first moments of the war? 🔵 What do the Russian cousins of Kharkiv citizens say about the war? Read more about Kharkiv before the war: KHARKIV: «COMMERCIAL, MULTICULTURAL, TOLERANT, RUSSIAN-SPEAKING … AND UKRAINIAN» Our Speak Freely Podcast: Near-Daily War Journal Here's a near-daily war-journal, as a podcast, from Lviv, Ukraine. The goal is to share with the world real conversations between two friends, a Ukrainian bartender and an American journalist, from this nation under existential threat.  8 April Situation Summary By Pavlo Vitenko UKRAINE: The Russians fired a missile at the Kramatorsk railway station in the Donetsk region, where people were waiting to be evacuated. At least 39 people including women and children have been killed. «Russian non-humans do not abandon their methods. Without the strength and courage to oppose us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population. This is an evil that has no borders. And if it is not punished, it will never stop,» – Zelensky said. WORLD: The UN General Assembly supported the resolution on the suspension of the Russian Federation’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council. Donetsk region The Russian occupiers are aggravating the situation by pushing in the areas of Vuhledar, Marinka, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Toretsk and Ocheretin. Yesterday – helicopter strikes on Vugledar, Slovyansk (HA55 missile). As a result, more than 10 houses were damaged …. Continue reading our full region-by-region summary here. MUSIC: British Rockers Pink Floyd Partner with Ukrainian Musician to Make Song for Ukraine Ukrainian Freedom News: Info to the World | Supplies to Ukraine’s Frontlines Nazar and Jeff from the Ukrainian Freedom News deliver supplies to soldiers in need in the Kyiv region. Thanks to our donors for their support of our efforts. We welcome your donations via LvivLab.com: Via our Telegram Channel, we can reach you without social media interference. Leave a comment Share Ukrainian Freedom News Subscribe now Like Comment