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31 Jan

Our Enemies Will Vanish

Jan 31st, 6pm

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance by Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.


Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav has spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces the war's decisive moments--from the battle for Kyiv to more recently the gruelling and bloody arm wrestle involving the Wagner group over Bakhmut--to show how Ukraine and its allies have turned the tide against Russia, one of the world's great military powers, in a modern-day battle of David and Goliath.


‘Our Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches... Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not really understand Ukraine until I read Trofimov's account. --Sebastian Junger


Venue:

Ukrainian Cathedral 21-22 Binney St, London, W1K 5BQ


Moderator:

Lindsey Hilsum




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The Conduit Club,

Covent Garden, London

Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London

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