ilya budraitskis is a russian historian and political theorist who was previously based in moscow andently joined uc berkeley as a visiting scholar. he is co-founder of posle, a network of russian intellectuals in exile who oppose the war against ukraine. he's the author of the award-winning book "dissidents among dissidents: ideology, politics and the left in post-soviet russia." hanna perekhoda is a historian at the university of lausanne. she is a member of the ukrainian democratic-socialist organization called sotsialnyi rukh. she is also part of the european network for solidarity with ukraine. we welcome you both to new york and to the united states and to democracy now! hanna, can you describe what is happening to your country now? your response to the latest attack in the donetsk region? are you from the donetsk region? >> yeah, basically, the essence of this war is the same as one year before. that means most of the ukrainians living in any part of the country are facing the threat of russian missiles targeting their residential areas because russia has engaged itself in a st