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Ukraine Decoded
by Viktor Kovalenko
A foreign policy podcast where the former Ukraine journalist and veteran Viktor Kovalenko talks to experts about the Russian war against Ukraine and how it affects Europe and the US. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support
Episodes
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2-2 Russia Signals Acceptance of US Security Guarantees for Ukraine
This is the audio version of the March 1, 2026, article "Russia Signals Acceptance of U.S.-Backed Security Guarantees for Ukraine" in the Substack newsletter "Decoded: Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond." Subscribe by email to know what's actually happening beyond the headlines! Get full access to…
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2-1 Trump Urges Zelensky to Reach Peace Deal 'Within a Month'
This is the audio version of the February 26, 2026, article "Trump Urges Zelensky to Reach Peace Deal 'Within a Month' in the Substack newsletter "Decoded: Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond." Subscribe to this newsletter by email to know what's actually happening beyond the headlines! Get full access…
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1-25 Sergiy Tomilenko from Ukraine's Journalists Union talks about the info war
Sergiy Tomilenko, the president of the largest journalistic association – the Union of Journalists of Ukraine - joined Viktor Kovalenko to talk about press freedom, relations between media and the government of President Zelensky, issues with press accreditations for foreign journalists, and...
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1-24 Vladislav Davidzon, Ukraine supporter from France, talks about cultural shifts caused by Putin's war
Vladislav Davidzon, a writer, translator, and critic joins Viktor Kovalenko to discuss the cultural and political transformations in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian war. We discussed the first days of the Russian invasion, his magazine the Odessa Review and his book From Odessa With Love, how…
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1-23 Brian Mefford, a US expat in Ukraine, talks about his aid to the struggling nation
In this episode, my guest was Brian Mefford, a US expat from Kyiv who lives and works there for almost 23 years. We talked about Brian’s life and business during the Russian war against Ukraine, his relief project Help Ukraine 22 Operation Palyanytsya for those affected by the war, and what the...
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1-22 Adrian Karatnycky, Atlantic Council, talks about US bipartisan support
Adrian Karatnycky, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center (USA) joins this podcast episode. As the Russian war approaches the year mark, we discussed the major positive outcomes for Ukraine due to its heroic resistance. Mr. Karatnycky explained why the Russian…
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1-21 Brian Bonner, ex editor of The Kyiv Post, describes life in war-torn Ukraine, evaluates Zelensky
The guest of this episode is Brian Bonner, a former chief editor of the Kyiv Post, the English-language weekly newspaper in Ukraine. He is an American national from Minnesota who resides in Kyiv since the end of the 90s. It was a pure luck to interview Mr. Bonner between electricity outages in…
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1-20 David Stulik, a diplomat from Czechia, talks about European aid to war-torn Ukraine
In this podcast episode David Stulik, a senior analyst in European Values Center for Security Policy think tank (Czech Republic) and a former diplomat of the European Union in Ukraine talks with Viktor Kovalenko about what Europeans think about the Russian war against Ukraine. For twelve years…
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1-19 Charles Kupchan, former Obama advisor, about the need for Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations
Dr. Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (USA) and professor at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) discusses with a journalist Viktor Kovalenko his ideas on how to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table in the middle of the war. / Support this…
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1-18 Steven Seegel, a Slavic professor from Texas, talks about his Ukraine research
Dr. Steven Seegel, a Slavic and Eurasian Studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), talks with a journalist Viktor Kovalenko about his February 24th Archive, a social media project exploring the Russian war and about what the US academia does and could do to support Ukraine. /...
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1-17 Andres Gannon, Council on Foreign Relations, analyzes Russian nuclear threats
Dr. J Andres Gannon, a Stanton nuclear security fellow from the Council on Foreign Relations (New York city, USA) talks about the Russian nuclear threats, a game of brinkmanship, and occupation of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko /...
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1-16 Ian Kelly, ex US Amb. to OSCE, Georgia, talks about Russo-Ukrainian war
Ian Kelly, a former US Ambassador to OSCE and Georgia, and currently an Ambassador in Residence at Northwestern University (Illinois) talks about unexpected Russian war against Ukraine, why the West didn't help Kyiv in 2014, Ukraine's NATO aspirations, a disputed Nagorny Karabakh region between...
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1-15 Mart Kuldkepp, a professor from Estonia, talks about the threats to Sweden, Finland, and the Baltics
Mart Kuldkepp, an Estonian historian and Scandinavianist from University College London (UK) talks about Sweden, Finland, and Estonia in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine and legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Baltic countries. / Support this podcast by donating to...
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1-14 Petro Burkovsky, a Ukrainian political expert, talks about resistance and sociology
Petro Burkovskyy, an executive director of the Ilko Kucheriv's Democratic Initiatives Foundation (Ukraine) talks about Ukrainian resistance, recent sociological surveys, and informational war. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to...
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1-13 Cüneyt Gürer, Marshall Center, talks about Turkey amid the Russo-Ukrainian war
Dr. Cüneyt Gürer, a professor from George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies talks about the interests and behavior of Turkey during the Russia-Ukraine war. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at...
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1-12 Jan Claas Behrends, a history professor from Germany, explains the faults of German policy towards Russia and Ukraine
A German historian Dr. Jan Claas Behrends talks about Germany and its relations with Russia and Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-11 Olexander Scherba, a Ukrainian diplomat, delves into West's foreign policy mistakes
Olexander Scherba, a former Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria and a political speechwriter explains the policy mistakes of the western countries regarding Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at...
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1-10 Alex Lanoszka, a Canadian Pol Sci professor, explores alliances around Russia and Ukraine
Dr. Alexander Lanoszka from Canada explains defensive alliances around Russia and Ukraine. / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-9 Brian Porter-Szűcs, a US history professor, explains how Poland helps Ukraine during the war
Brian Porter-Szűcs, a history professor at the University of Michigan (US) talks about Poland and how this neighbor helps Ukraine during the war with Russia. / / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at...
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1-8 Eugene Bondarenko, a Ukrainian language lecturer from the US, evaluates Ukraine's cultural resistance
Eugene Bondarenko, a lecturer in the Ukrainian language at the University of Michigan (US) talks about Ukrainian cultural resistance in times of the war against Russia. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at...
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1-7 Lawrence Haar, energy expert from the UK, talks about how to strip Russia of oil profits
A British energy expert Dr. Lawrence Haar from the University of Brighton (UK) talks about the western sanctions on Russian oil and gas. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-6 Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher from the UK, talks about Russia-occupied territories
Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) talks about what Russia does on the occupied territories in Ukraine. / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-5 Natalya Chernyshova, a historian from the UK, talks about the role of Belarus in the Russian war
Dr. Natalya Chernyshova, a senior lecturer in history at the University of Winchester (UK) talks about the role of Belarus in the Russian war against Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at...
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1-4 The Snake Island's occupation story
The wartime story of the Ukrainian Snake Island in the Black Sea beginning from its capture in February 2022 till the Russians left it in June 2022. / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-3 Alexander Motyl, a Ukrainian historian from New Jersey, talks about the Russian war
Dr. Alexander Motyl, a Pol. Sci. professor and a historian from Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA) talks about tectonic geopolitical shifts caused by the Russian war against Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine...
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1-2 Adrian Bonenberger, a US Vet who saw Ukraine, talks about American stereotypes
Adrian Bonenberger, a US Army veteran and an author talks about the Russian war against Ukraine and what do Americans think about it. / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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1-1 Chuck Pfarrer, ex US Navy SEAL, evaluates how Ukraine's military repels Russian invasion
Chuck Pfarrer, a former US Navy SEAL and bestselling author discusses the recent developments in the war in Ukraine. / Sound from Zapsplat.com Get full access to Ukraine Decoded at ukrainedecoded.substack.com/subscribe
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A foreign policy podcast where the former Ukraine journalist and veteran Viktor Kovalenko talks to experts about the Russian war against Ukraine and how it affects Europe and the US. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support
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