Ukraine Update: Corruption, Protests, Air War

In this episode, Anastasiia, Karen-Anna, Fabian and Minna are back from a summer break (except Fabian, who recorded two episodes with guests in July) to discuss recent developments in Ukraine: the increased number of Russian air attacks on Kyiv and the rest of Ukraine, Ukraine’s new long-range capabilities and campaign, and Zelenskyy’s government reshuffle and resulting protests.If you want to support our show, go to our Buy Me A Coffee page at http://buymeacoffee.com/mildlyalarmed Email us at [email protected] with any guest feedback, suggestions, and questions.  Mentioned in the show:“Not Quite a Diamond”, from LUFTLAGE: https://luftlage.substack.com/p/not-quite-a-diamond “The State Makes the Missile, and the Missile Makes the State”, from Missile Matters: https://shorturl.at/D5Zc1“Why Zelensky Can’t Hold Elections Yet”, from Lawfare: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-zelensky-can-t-hold-elections-yet “Taras Chmut: "If anyone thinks they can build an authoritarian system here, I've got news for them: the Ukrainian people won't let them", from Ukrainska Pravda: https://shorturl.at/i2uQc "There were a lot of people swarming around the Defence Ministry": ex-defence minister Fedorov on the reasons behind his dismissal”, from Ukrainska Pravda: https://shorturl.at/E7WBi“Mykhailo Fedorov: "Would I return as defence minister? 100%!" Part 2 of our interview”, from Ukrainska Pravda: https://shorturl.at/7QZ5t “The composition of Russian forces in Ukraine”, from Russianomics: https://shorturl.at/sBsSi And on Ukraine-Poland relations, which we didn’t have time for in this episode but Anthony recently covered extensively: “Ukraine and Poland Conflict over History”, from Ukraine Without Hype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA3I5RJ-NTcCredits: Anastasiia Lapatina is the Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She writes a weekly newsletter about Ukraine called Yours Ukrainian. She is based in Kyiv. Karen-Anna Eggen is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. She is based in Oslo.Fabian Hoffman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He is the author of the Missile Matters newsletter about defence, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. He is based in Oslo.Minna Ålander is an Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. She’s also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Non-Resident Fellow at CEPA. Minna also writes a newsletter about European security called Northern Flank Notes. She is based in Stockholm.The podcast is engineered by Anthony Bartaway, who is also the co-host of a podcast called Ukraine Without Hype: / @ukrainewithouthype