Oggi si sono celebrati i funerali di David Knowles, presentatore e fondatore dell’Ucraina: nell’ultimo podcast, i fiori sono stati donati dall’ambasciata ucraina. 🇬🇧 💙💛🇺🇦
Oggi si sono celebrati i funerali di David Knowles, presentatore e fondatore dell’Ucraina: nell’ultimo podcast, i fiori sono stati donati dall’ambasciata ucraina. 🇬🇧 💙💛🇺🇦
He sadly passed after a heart attack in Gibraltar and will be sadly missed by all listeners. He was 32. He started the podcast on 24th February 2022- the first day of the invasion and broadcast every single working day since then. For many of us, his soothing voice was part of our daily routine- a true, gentle friend of Ukraine working rigorously to reveal the true evil of the enemy. Alongside the evil, he discovered the beauty of Ukrainian culture – I remember a particular podcast was about the rise of Ukrainian cricket (which was a massive passion of his on a personal level, you could tell his passion in combining these topics).
He was not only interested in the culture of Ukraine but her people…. All sorts of people. From charities helping Ukrainians, to a 16yo American school girl raising money to buy a school bus. So many people have praised him & the pod for actually promoting fundraisers which have received thousands of ££ off the back of it.
His funeral is entwined with hymns (he picked out himself whilst talking to a friend), and emotionally moving tributes from his family and his 2 fellow podcast pals – Dom and Francis. As a tribute to him, dom and Francis and friends will continue the pod. You can just tell he was one of life’s most excellent, self sacrificing people.
Thanks David. And as Dom said in his tribute to him today:
Slava Ukrainii, **Slava David**.
(I could keep editing this forever and never do him justice. Plus I don’t want to cry any more. Cheers, David pal, wherever you are now.) 💙
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I am sorry for your loss
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I was beyond shocked and heartbroken when I first heard of David’s passing. Ukraine: The Latest has been a daily listen to me for the past two years, and I can easily say that it was and still is the among the very best English-language news source on Ukraine. I specify English language because most of the Western press is 1. usually hours, or even a day behind Ukrainian sources, and 2. Western press often fundamentally misunderstands Ukraine and the war, but Ukraine: The Latest was far above the rest of its Western peers.
Thank you David, and thank you Dom, Francis, and all others who contribute to Ukraine: The Latest.
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Edit – probably should’ve said remembrance service*. He will be buried in Ayr, Scotland overlooking the sea next week.
You can rewatch his extremely moving funeral here: https://youtube.com/live/cMqwb1Rc0Qk
He sadly passed after a heart attack in Gibraltar and will be sadly missed by all listeners. He was 32. He started the podcast on 24th February 2022- the first day of the invasion and broadcast every single working day since then. For many of us, his soothing voice was part of our daily routine- a true, gentle friend of Ukraine working rigorously to reveal the true evil of the enemy. Alongside the evil, he discovered the beauty of Ukrainian culture – I remember a particular podcast was about the rise of Ukrainian cricket (which was a massive passion of his on a personal level, you could tell his passion in combining these topics).
He was not only interested in the culture of Ukraine but her people…. All sorts of people. From charities helping Ukrainians, to a 16yo American school girl raising money to buy a school bus. So many people have praised him & the pod for actually promoting fundraisers which have received thousands of ££ off the back of it.
His funeral is entwined with hymns (he picked out himself whilst talking to a friend), and emotionally moving tributes from his family and his 2 fellow podcast pals – Dom and Francis. As a tribute to him, dom and Francis and friends will continue the pod. You can just tell he was one of life’s most excellent, self sacrificing people.
Thanks David. And as Dom said in his tribute to him today:
Slava Ukrainii, **Slava David**.
(I could keep editing this forever and never do him justice. Plus I don’t want to cry any more. Cheers, David pal, wherever you are now.) 💙
I am sorry for your loss
I was beyond shocked and heartbroken when I first heard of David’s passing. Ukraine: The Latest has been a daily listen to me for the past two years, and I can easily say that it was and still is the among the very best English-language news source on Ukraine. I specify English language because most of the Western press is 1. usually hours, or even a day behind Ukrainian sources, and 2. Western press often fundamentally misunderstands Ukraine and the war, but Ukraine: The Latest was far above the rest of its Western peers.
Thank you David, and thank you Dom, Francis, and all others who contribute to Ukraine: The Latest.
Gone but never forgotten!