Ilyas tries to protect his personal life from the incessant din of war.
Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.
BACKGROUND
Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. His wife and two young sons are now taking refuge in Poland.
As of May 2022, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv and working, in part, for the Ukrainian government on specialist projects.
EP26 of Ukraine War Diaries was recorded using WhatsApp voice notes.
From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast.
CREDITS
Series Producer - Rob Mulhern
Production Support/Editing - Paul Stanworth