#LiveFromUkraine: Katya Savchenko Survived Bucha—and Wrote About It

Katherine Pompilio, Benjamin Wittes, Katya Savchenko
Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 12:00 PM

Katya Savchenko survived several days of the brutal and murderous Russian occupation of Bucha before escaping by train with her sister. She joined Benjamin Wittes on #LiveFromUkraine.

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Katya Savchecko (@shanovna_s) grew up in the Donbas region of Ukraine and moved to Bucha following the Russian invasion of that region in 2014. This year, following the full-scale invasion, she survived several days of the brutal and murderous Russian occupation of Bucha before escaping by train with her sister. She kept a diary of her days in Bucha, which she recently published on Medium in English translation. Savchhencko joined Benjamin Wittes on #LiveFromUkraine

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Katherine Pompilio is an associate editor of Lawfare. She holds a B.A. with honors in political science from Skidmore College.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
Katya Savchecko grew up in the Donbas region of Ukraine and moved to Bucha following the Russian invasion of that region in 2014. She survived several days of the brutal and murderous Russian occupation before escaping by train with her sister.

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