The most important topics of the interview
- Lessons of war for Europe
- How Russia and Ukraine have changed since the beginning of the invasion
- The future of Belarus
- Russia’s war capabilities
- Lithuania’s support for Ukraine and tasks for the future
“I was not shocked because I knew there would be a war. But I thought that I don’t want to go to the trenches and die there,” A. Babchenko answered when asked how he accepted the news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.
“On the first day of the invasion, I thought, like many, that Ukraine would not hold out,” the journalist recalled, and said he realized that would not happen when Russian paratroopers failed to land at Hostomel airport after a few days of a large-scale invasion.
A. Babchenko tried to go to Ukraine and defend this country himself. True, he was not admitted, because the only passport he still has is a Russian one, and Russians are no longer admitted to Ukraine.
Since then, he has joined the ranks of volunteers and is transporting aid to the Ukrainian military in the form of cars, drones and other necessary equipment.
