# NATO Review: A year ago I volunteered as a soldier in the Ukrainian army

An episode of [NATO Review](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/950410144), 16 Feb 2023, 11 min.

Audio: https://www.dvidshub.net/podcast/download/82027/DOD_109461622.mp3

I’d never served in the Armed Forces before. Hadn’t even done compulsory military service. I’d always been a journalist – both before 2014, when I lived in Crimea, and after 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and I had to move to Kyiv. Then in 2022, on day two of Russia’s full-scale invasion, I went and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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