Though not likely what you had in mind, you can try talking with people directly "on the air" via radio communications. It's interesting to speak with someone a

Though not likely what you had in mind, you can try talking with people directly "on the air" via radio communications. It's interesting to speak with someone and hear things straight from them instead of a reporter telling us what they think we should know. Large grain of salt with this method as you only get one person's viewpoint. It looks like the Ukrainian call signs start with EM-EO. http://www.arrl.org/international-call-sign-series http://www.arrl.org/international-call-sign-series