EP.5: How to stay alive as a Ukrainian soldier with Alex Gorgan

There are currently about 1.3 million people serving in the Ukrainian army. Among the soldiers who volunteered for the Ukrainian army is Alex Gorgan. The former top manager of a private real estate developer company enlisted in the Ukrainian army at the beginning of Russia’s full scale invasion without having any military background. He joins this podcast while he is on leave from the frontline for the very first time since February 2022. When Alex Gorgan joined the Ukrainian army he did not expect to serve for a long time, as he thought that he would be killed soon, without having any combat experience. He considers his survival to be a miracle. The war has changed his life completely, but he still finds joy. Even in the trenches he is educating himself with new skills, he is connecting with other people and he kept up with his vegetarian diet. Alex proves his resilience every day but the loss of friends on the frontline is still very hard to process for him.

Disclaimer: Alex Gorgan has been chairman of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration between October 2016 and October 2018.

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