Recorded from the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine:

Pavlo Khazan, a Reserve Major in Ukraine’s armed forces and a signals officer of Jewish Ukrainian descent, is defiant in the face of unbelievable odds. 

A prominent leader of the Maiden movement and a veteran of the Donbas wars, Misha Zelinsky meets him at a friend’s place only hours before he boards a train to travel 500 kilometres east to his hometown of Dnipro – directly into the Russian storm.

An environmental engineer with a PhD in statistics, the once leading European eco-warrior has made the shift to battled hardened defender of his nation over the last decade. With the stakes so high, he appeals to the world for help in what he calls “critical moment for global democracy

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Recorded from the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine:
Pavlo Khazan, a Reserve Major in Ukraine&rsquo;s armed forces and a signals officer of Jewish Ukrainian descent, is defiant in the face of unbelievable odds.&nbsp;
A prominent leader of the Maiden movement and a veteran of the Donbas wars, Misha Zelinsky meets him at a friend&rsquo;s place only hours before he boards a train to travel 500 kilometres east to his hometown of Dnipro &ndash; directly into the Russian storm.
An environmental engineer with a PhD in statistics, the once leading European eco-warrior has made the shift to battled hardened defender of his nation over the last decade. With the stakes so high, he appeals to the world for help in what he calls &ldquo;critical moment for global democracy
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