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Sun Mar 6, 2022, 10:06 PM

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of course. But immersion is the best language learning tool so I'm guessing six weeks in Ukraine will be much more instructive

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
Just asking for a friend [View all]	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	OP
Contact the Ukrainian embassy in Washington DC	relayerbob	Mar 2022	#1
Donate to an organization helping Ukrainian refugees.	LonePirate	Mar 2022	#2
I would try to contact Vote Vets and/or Malcolm Nance	mucifer	Mar 2022	#3
Ask the Ukrainian embassy, not DU. I would also encourage your friend to really think about	WhiskeyGrinder	Mar 2022	#4
there are numerous links	markie	Mar 2022	#5
I will definitely pass this along	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#10
As Flannery Connor said about Dorothy Day	gratuitous	Mar 2022	#6
contact the Ukrainian Embassy	lapfog_1	Mar 2022	#7
Not human targets, but moving living ones	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#31
I think they want equipment more than people.	JI7	Mar 2022	#8
I'd tell your "friend" to	ForgedCrank	Mar 2022	#9
he would say there are more important things than coming back nt	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#11
...	markie	Mar 2022	#20
5 K money might not be enough	Tetrachloride	Mar 2022	#12
Plane to Warsaw and then some bus tickets? nt	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#14
Incidental expenses pile up.	Tetrachloride	Mar 2022	#21
My friend spends weeks at a time in "the woods" and	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#24
Use caution on salty food. The more salt, the more water you have to drink	Tetrachloride	Mar 2022	#25
You are thinking out loud	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#26
Could also follow and ask questions on the FB page Expats Ukraine	Bev54	Mar 2022	#13
thank you. nt	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#15
An inexperienced, untrained civilian on a battlefield can create serious issues . . .	Journeyman	Mar 2022	#16
Your point and counterpoint are well taken, thank you nt	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#27
To contribute	Goonch	Mar 2022	#17
Does he speak Ukranian?	PoindexterOglethorpe	Mar 2022	#18
english and spanish only	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#19
Fast learner, not really good.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Mar 2022	#22
Six week pimslure course nt	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#23
What in the world is	PoindexterOglethorpe	Mar 2022	#33
It's a pretty effective listening/speaking program similar to DOD and DoS	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#34
Is your friend going to be taking this course first, or while under fire?	yagotme	Mar 2022	#36
First	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#37
If he's 53 years old, he is simply not going to learn a new language that readily.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Mar 2022	#38
Your friend has an answer for everything, what's	MerryBlooms	Mar 2022	#28
Existential fear.	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#29
Well, you're answering throughout your OP	MerryBlooms	Mar 2022	#30
I don't know how to respond to that	prodigitalson	Mar 2022	#32
Buy Air BnB spots to house refugees and incoming 25 year old experienced military people	Bernardo de La Paz	Mar 2022	#35

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