{"id":16960,"date":"2024-05-13T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=16960"},"modified":"2024-05-13T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:55:25","slug":"christopher-miller-the-war-came-to-us-life-and-death-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/christopher-miller-the-war-came-to-us-life-and-death-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Miller | The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-type-small sc-text-body\">\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fellisoncenteruw%2Fchristopher-miller-the-war-came-to-us-life-and-death-in-ukraine%3Fsi%3D2e4864e137104125a2123db66102699d%26amp%3Butm_source%3Dclipboard%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dtext%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Dsocial_sharing&color=%23ff5500&amp%3Bauto_play=false&amp%3Bhide_related=false&amp%3Bshow_comments=true&amp%3Bshow_user=true&amp%3Bshow_reposts=false&amp%3Bshow_teaser=true&amp%3Bshow_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on 24 February 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and the foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.<\/p>\n<p>This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller\u2019s personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came to Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine\u2019s modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine\u2019s peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin\u2019s warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>With candor, wit and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. 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