“I knew I was going to dedicate my life to fighting Russia off” says Cat Buchatskiy

“I knew I was going to dedicate my life to fighting Russia off” says Cat Buchatskiy

“A lot of us went back, and most importantly, a lot of us went back to fight. I think the full scale invasion was an awakening for a lot of Ukrainians,” says Cat Buchatskiy, a young Ukrainian woman who left her studies in California to cofound the Snake Island Institute, an independent Ukrainian defense center. Listen to Why It Matters at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autonomous-ukraine-one-womans-path-from-a-u-s/id1482132871?i=1000757547852 Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on X: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/