Please join the Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School for a conversation with one of the leading journalists covering the Russia-Ukraine war, Christopher Miller. He will discuss his latest book, The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine (2023), which captures a breathtaking exploration of Ukraine’s past and present, and a heartbreaking account of the war with Russia. The event will be moderated by Professor Chris Miller. Please make sure to register via Eventbrite to participate in the event in person. Lunch will be served.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine just before dawn on February 24, 2022, it marked his latest and most overt attempt to brutally conquer the country, and reshaped the world order. Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country, was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. But the seeds of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the West were sown more than a decade earlier.

This is the definitive, inside story of its long fight for freedom. Told through Miller’s personal experiences, vivid front-line dispatches, and illuminating interviews with unforgettable characters, The War Came To Us takes readers on a riveting journey through the key locales and pivotal events of Ukraine’s modern history. From the coal-dusted, sunflower-covered steppe of the Donbas in the far east to the heart of the Euromaidan revolution camp in Kyiv; from the Black Sea shores of Crimea, where Russian troops stealthily annexed Ukraine’s peninsula, to the bloody battlefields where Cossacks roamed before the Kremlin’s warlords ruled with iron fists; and through the horror and destruction wrought by Russian forces in Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, and beyond.

With candor, wit, and sensitivity, Miller captures Ukraine in all its glory: vast, defiant, resilient, and full of wonder. A breathtaking narrative that is at times both poignant and inspiring, The War Came To Us is the story of an American who fell in love with a foreign place and its people – and witnessed them do extraordinary things to escape the long shadow of their former imperial ruler and preserve their independence.

Christopher Miller is an American writer and journalist who has reported from Ukraine and across Eastern Europe for more than 13 years. When he is not in Kyiv or on the frontlines in the Donbas, he lives with his wife and two Ukrainian cats in Brooklyn, New York. Miller is currently the lead correspondent in Ukraine for the Financial Times, covering Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. He was previously a world and national security reporter for POLITICO, senior world correspondent for BuzzFeed News, and correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Kyiv. Miller has reported from the frontlines of Ukraine’s Euromaidan revolution, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the Kremlin’s invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He was part of the Kyiv Post team that received the 2014 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism for on-the-ground coverage of the revolution. Miller’s journalism has also appeared in The Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, The Independent, Vice News, CNN, and many other publications. He appears frequently as a guest on major US television news programs, including those on CNN and MSNBC, as well as podcasts and radio programs produced by the Financial Times, BBC, NPR, RTE, CBC, Monocle, Crooked Media, and others.