Voices from Ukraine: A family trapped in the war and a journalist in Kyiv

In today's episode, we bring you urgent voices from inside the war in Ukraine including a Ukrainian-Canadian father desperate to get his family out, and Sara Firth, a British foreign correspondent in Kyiv. The first conversation in the podcast was edited for clarity and to eliminate any people or place names that could identify our speaker or his family, as we are not revealing his identity for his safety.

In what is being considered Europe's greatest security crisis in decades, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday with its military attacking the country from three sides leaving desperate people to flee bombs and bullets, and seek refuge in makeshift bomb shelters. While countries including Canada are responding to the invasion with economic measures and sanctions, Russia continues to proceed into Ukraine with alarming speed.

This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Brian Bradley and Matthew Hearn with files from Alex McKeen