‘I am a European partisan’, interview with Yuri Previtali, for two years in the Ukrainian army – VIDEO

Raniero Maria Cartocci
19/06/2025
Frontiers

Two years in Ukraine. The story of Yuri Previtali, European partisan. An exclusive interview for L’Europeista. Previtali spent two years at the Ukrainian front, fighting voluntarily in the International Legion against the Russian invasion. In this interview, he tells us what he learned about Ukraine, its people, the war. But also what it means to return home, to Italy, after such an extreme experience.

Yuri also speaks from the heart about the discredit campaign launched against him by pro-Russian circles: a mud machine built to discredit those who have chosen to defend freedom: ‘I am a European partisan, a freedom fighter. You don’t go to war for money or to do politics, you go to help the weakest. In this war there is an invader and an invaded’.

With the interview with Yuri, we give voice to those who defend European values where they are truly put to the test.