BBC World TV: Aug 19, 2022

Live from Lviv, I speak to BBC World Television about the trilateral talks held here between Ukraine, Turkey and the UN. Also about the rapidly deteriorating situation at the Russian occupied nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhia.

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Michael Bociurkiw
CNN Opinion: August 18, 2022

Since the war began almost six months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin has aimed to eradicate pretty much all traces of the Ukrainian identity. But if he expected that the full-scale invasion would divide Ukrainians along language lines, that simply hasn't happened.

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BBC World Television: August 1, 2020

Michael Bociurkiw speaks to BBC World TV's Global about the implementation of a complex and risky deal brokered by the UN and Turkey to unlock Ukrainian gran blockaded by Russia.

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CNN Opinion: Odesa used to be known for two things -- the port and raucous hedonism

Nothing prepared me for what I have witnessed in Odesa. Eerily quiet streets, closed roads, tank traps and military checkpoints, deserted beaches, near-empty restaurants and bars. Last year, more than 3 million tourists visited the city. This year you're more likely to find war correspondents, aid workers and diplomats in its seaside hotels.

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CNN Newsroom: May 23, 2022

Shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia of attempting to eradicate the Ukrainian culture, I share my thoughts with CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota- describing the stealing of Ukrainian grain as “horrible, horrible, horrible.”

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CNN Newsroom: May 4, 2022

Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw speaks to anchor Isa Soares about last night’s Russian missile strike on Lviv as well as signs of desperation on the Russian side. Also the high toll journalists are paying in this war.

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CNN Newsroom (Interview with Anderson Cooper): April 28, 2022

Forcing political & cultural change in occupied lands in Ukraine is a tactic Russia has been implementing since 2014. These brutal tactics shouldn’t come as a surprise to the West, I tell CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook…

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