Ukraine
Russia's illegal war in Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis. For those of us in tech, how can we help? Bryan and Adam talk to Andrey Akselrod, CTO at People.ai, and Ukrainian ex-pat about the crisis, the background, and ways to help.
Oxide and Friends Twitter Space: March 14th, 2022
Ukraine
We’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for March 14th, 2022.
Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:
- If you’re interested in donating to support Ukrainians, Andrey recommends Nova Ukraine
- [@1:52](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=112) Andrey introduces himself, background in computing
- [@11:20](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=68) Andrey talks about where he lived in Ukraine, Dnipro
- Confluence of cultures
- Moves to New York
- [@22:53](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=1373) Events of 2014, family and coworkers in Ukraine
- Crimea
- [@29:12](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=1752) Earlier disputed regions (Crimea, Donbas) and relations to current events
- Ukrainian national identity
- [@38:21](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=2301) Armed forces, self governance
- Business as usual, life goes on
- [@44:45](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=2685) Characterizing Ukraine as European democracy, and economic functions/trade
- Nuclear reactors
- [@49:12](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=2952) Invasion
- Leadership disconnect with reality
- [@1:02:28](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=3748) Family still in Dnipro
- Electronic communications
- Kids understanding of what’s happening
- [@1:07:59](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=4079) How to help?
- [@1:16:50](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=4610) Andrey’s coworkers and team members remaining in Ukraine > Yes it’s war, but, the economy needs to continue to be healthy.
- [@1:21:24](https://youtu.be/EdJU8mSWzQk?t=4884) Where is this going?
If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next Twitter space will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time; stay tuned to our Twitter feeds for details. We’d love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!
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