I’m a Ukrainian sociologist, and I’ve started publishing a series of interviews with Ukrainian soldiers for an international audience.
My goal is to document not only military events, but the human and social reality behind them — what everyday life on the front line actually looks like, how warfare is changing, and how soldiers themselves understand these changes.
In the first episode, I speak with Yevhen Prosol, call sign “Pikachu,” from the Da Vinci Wolves. He joined the military after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
In this short first part, I asked him a very simple question: what is actually the hardest thing for a soldier on the front line?
I’ve added English subtitles because I specifically want these conversations to reach people outside Ukraine.
This is the beginning of the series, so I’d genuinely appreciate feedback — particularly from people outside Ukraine: what would you want me to ask Ukrainian soldiers in future interviews?

YouTube: https://youtu.be/reIFlUfvu4U?is=LUmdnlprToflfuLU