Episode 3: War in Ukraine Part 1

Hi Everyone, I’m sorry it’s been a little while since I updated the Moldova Matters podcast. I’ve been working on a series of episodes on the major events of recent Moldovan history that got us to the place we’re at today in 2024. In each episode I’ll be talking to a guest who brings expertise or a unique perspective to the discussion.

In this first episode I talk to my former business partner and long time friend Vlad Șuleanschi. Vlad and I talk about the war in Ukraine and how it was felt and understood in Moldova.

Originally this was planned as one 45 minute episode... but the conversation went a lot longer than that so I’ve decided to break it into 2 episodes. In Part 1 we talk about Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and the events connecting that original beginning of the conflict to the full scale invasion of February 2022.

In Part 2, which I’ll release tomorrow, we continue the discussion and follow the events of February 24th and our feelings and impressions in the days and weeks that followed.