Illia Ponomarenko

Illia Ponomarenko is a Ukrainian journalist and author whose book I Will Show You How It Was provides a first-person account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, drawing on his reporting from the front lines of one of the most significant conflicts of the twenty-first century. Ponomarenko was a defence reporter for the Kyiv Independent, one of the most important English-language news sources covering the war, and his journalism reached millions of readers worldwide during the early months of the invasion. His book combines front-line reporting with personal narrative, revealing what the war looked like from inside Ukraine through the eyes of a journalist who witnessed its most dramatic and devastating moments. Ponomarenko's writing is characterised by its immediacy, its courage and its commitment to bearing witness to the human cost of war. His account provides essential first-person testimony of a conflict that has reshaped European security and international relations. The audiobook edition brings his powerful, first-hand account of the war in Ukraine to listeners seeking to understand this defining conflict through the eyes of someone who was there.