Ukraine’s Struggle

by Czech TV Correspondents

May 2024, 240 pages

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A report on the state of the country and its people, directly from the conflict zone

Since February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been resisting unbridled Russian aggression. Millions have fled their homes, tens of thousands have died, and brutal destruction has not spared kindergartens, museums, or churches. The world admires how Ukrainians, under immense wartime pressure, have refused to submit to the will of the Moscow dictator. The vast country struggles not only with the overwhelming eastern invaders but also with its own cultural and historical challenges. A team of Czech Television reporters provides an unfiltered critical view of the weaknesses within Ukraine, such as post-Soviet rigidity, endemic corruption, institutionalized machismo, and intergenerational tension. Yet, they find sparks of hope in the determination of young men and women to defend their homeland and transform it into a prospering, free-thinking democracy.