Frontline and the Ukrainian War
I’ve been tracking the Russian attack on Ukraine since the beginning, in a kind of abstract strategic New York Times kind of way.
But my wife is on a news hiatus and I had the opportunity to catch up on recorded Frontline shows. This shows the war on the ground and from the personal level of the people who are affected.
This is a whole different view, of course. It made me want to connect with the Ukrainians I know and see how their American families are and their families still in Ukraine are …
I then realized: I don’t know too many Ukrainians!
I worked with a woman named Irina about 13 years ago … I think she’s Ukrainian and I hope so … I texted her good wishes for family on both continents but I haven’t heard back.
I also was working for a company until recently where my boss’s boss was Ukrainian … he has a Russian-sounding name and I didn’t know until I saw him displaying the Ukrainian flag during a Zoom call.
I didn’t email him on the subject at the time because I thought it might be seen as pandering … and my eyes had not yet been opened by the Frontline images.
On the subject of Frontline: they’ve been doing great shows for years …
I looked up the best way to contribute to Frontline, and it’s through your local PBS station, according to a web search I did.
Charitynavigator has 3 top-rated Aid-for-Ukraine charities:
I’m contributing to all three of these, plus PBS to assist in Frontline.
Won’t you join me?
