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Explaining Ukraine — 431 episodes · page 4 of 5
Amnesty International blames the victim. - Weekly digest, 1-7 August | Ep. 131
Russia kills Ukrainian prisoners of war. – Weekly digest, 25-31 July | Ep. 130
Solidarity during the war. Stories from Makariv and Motyzhyn | Ep. 129
Personal Jesus on the frontline. - With activist, theologian and soldier Andriy Andrushkiv | Ep. 128
Russia bombs Odesa after signing grain deal. - Weekly digest, 18-24 July | Ep. 127
Living on a battlefield. A story of Makariv | Ep. 126
What weapons does Ukraine need? - With Alina Frolova | Ep. 125
Horrible missile strike on Vinnytsia. – Weekly digest, 11-17 July | Ep. 124
Being a reporter during the war. - With Nataliya Gumenyuk | Ep. 123
Russia’s political sado-masochism. - With Peter Pomerantsev | Ep. 122
Ukrainians’ new war tactics. - Weekly digest, 3-10 July. | Ep. 121
A shield of Kyiv: Chernihiv during the war | Ep. 120
Russia’s missile terrorism kills civilians. – Ukraine weekly digest, 27 June – 3 July | Ep. 119
7 things to understand about contemporary Ukraine | Ep. 118
What is it like to come home to a destroyed town? | Ep. 117
Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine? - with Christopher Atwood | Ep. 116
4 months of war; Ukraine’s EU candidacy; Russia’s missile madness - 20-26 June, weekly | Ep. 115
5 things to know about Russian propaganda | Ep. 114
Ukraine, looking from America - with Marci Shore | Ep. 113
What are Ukrainians trying to tell the world? - with Dana Pavlychko, Osnovy Show | Ep. 112
New mass graves; fights in the East; European leaders in Kyiv - weekly digest, 13-19 June | Ep. 111
Is Germany blind about Russia? - with Marieluise Beck and Ralf Fücks | Ep. 110
Kharkiv, a fortress city | Ep. 109
What should we know about Russian imperialism? - With Vera Tolz | Ep. 108.
Why the planet could starve without Ukrainian food | Ep. 107
One hundred days of the full-scale war - don’t expect it will end soon | Ep. 106
Artistic avant-garde in Ukraine, fascinating and unique – with Tetyana Filevska | Ep. 105
Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? | Ep. 104
Why Ukrainian culture has plenty to impress – with Volodymyr Sheiko | Ep. 103
Three months of full-scale war: key conclusions | Ep. 102
How does Ukraine fit into the European political culture? – with Vakhtang Kebuladze | Ep. 101
Why helping Putin save the face is wrong | Ep. 100
Ep. № 99: Culture and imperialism in Eastern Europe – with Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta
Ep. № 98: Living under Russian occupation: what is it like?
Ep. № 97: Is this war about geopolitics? – With Danylo Lubkivsky
Ep. № 96: Ukrainian culture and its deep links with Europe
Ep. № 95: Bucha Stories: Horrors of the Russian Occupation
Ep. № 94: Is Russia preparing a new Holodomor in Ukraine?
Ep. № 93: 2 months of war: key conclusions
Ep. № 92: Is Russia Fascist or Stalinist?
Ep. № 91: “Moscow” Has Sunk; Testimonials from the War
Ep. № 90: It’s Time to Stop Admiring the “Russian Soul”
Ep. № 89: Ukraine’s victory in the battle of Kyiv; testimonies from Mariupol
Ep. № 88: Bucha Massacre
Ep. № 87: How can Ukraine get security guarantees? – with Mariia Zolkina
Ep. № 86: Russians are retreating from Kyiv outskirts; testimonies from Mariupol
Ep. № 85: Ukraine is counterattacking
Ep. № 84: Can we negotiate with Russia?
Ep. № 83: One month of war: 10 lessons learnt
Ep. № 82: Tragedies of Mariupol and Chernihiv; Ukraine’s counterattack near Kyiv
Ep. № 81: Ten things to know about Ukraine and its culture
Ep. № 80: Mariupol, the martyr city
Ep. № 79: Ukrainian identity, explained
Ep. № 78: What's wrong with Russia?
Ep. № 77: 20 days of war, missiles hit Kyiv
Ep. № 76: 18 days of war, Russian strikes close to NATO borders
Ep. № 75: 16 days of war, threat of a new Chornobyl
Ep. № 74: 11 days of war: Russia tortures civilians, Ukraine begs to close the skies
Ep. № 73: 10th day of war, Russia shells humanitarian corridors
Ep. № 72: 9th day of war, Russia's nuclear terrorism
Ep. № 71: Six days of Ukrainian resistance
Ep. № 70: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: first days
Ep. № 69 - When War Makes You Stronger: How Ukrainian Society Has Changed Since 2014
Ep. № 68 - Ukraine in early 2022: living under the threat of Russian invasion
Ep. № 67 - Possible war: what can the West and Ukraine do? - With James Nixey & Orysia Lutsevych
Ep. № 66 - What are the military options for Ukraine and Russia? - with Hans-Petter Midttun
Ep. - 65 How Russia uses disinformation as an instrument of war - with Olga Tokariuk
Ep. № 64 - Ukraine vs. Russia: What can Europe do? - with Wilfried Jilge
Ep. № 63 - Ukraine in 2021: key events and trends
Ep. № 62 - Russian military buildup: a bluff or a real threat? - With Peter Dickinson
Ep. № 61 - Crimea: a fresh view on its past and present - with Rory Finnin
Ep. № 60 - Does Putin want a new “Yalta”? – with Oleksandr Sushko
Ep. № 59 - Ukrainian history: new ways to look at it - with Katherine Younger
Ep. № 58 - The new Russian attack on Ukraine: Is it real? - with James Sherr
Ep. № 57 - Ukraine in November 2021: new Russian threat; Zelensky and oligarchs; Belarus and more
Ep. № 56 - Ukraine in October 2021: Russia weaponizes gas; vaccination accelerates; EU-UA summit
Ep. № 55 - Ukraine in September 2021: Pandora Papers, anti-oligarch bill and gas-related issues
Ep. № 54 - Ukraine in August 2021: independence day, Crimea Platform, Zelensky meets Biden
Ep. № 53 - Ukraine’s independence, viewed from inside and outside - with Peter Pomerantsev
Ep. № 52 - Ukraine in July 2021: Avakov’s resignation, Putin’s article, Nord Stream-2 and more
Ep. № 51 - What’s Happening in Eastern Europe?
Ep. № 50 - Why Ukraine Is Interesting
Ep. № 49 - Ukraine in June 2021: Euro-2020, Biden-Putin talks, NATO summit, judiciary reform
Ep. № 48 - Ukrainian journalism: where is it headed?
Ep. № 47 - Ukraine in May 2021: Totalitarian Belarus; Medvedchuk; Nord Stream-2; WWII anniversaries
Ep. № 46 - What Makes Ukrainian History Interesting to the World
Ep. № 45 - Ukraine in April 2021: Russia’s Troops on the Border; Zelensky Wants to Meet Putin & more
Ep №44 - Does Ukraine Have Soft Power?
Ep. №43 - Russia’s military escalation against Ukraine: what’s happening and what can we expect?
Ep. №42 - Ukraine in March 2021: Crimea & Donbas; Pandemics; Anti-Zelensky Protests
Ep. №41 - How Ukraine’s Democracy Is Different from(and Similar to)Others
Ep. №40 - Putin’s Allies under Sanctions; Vaccination; Review of EU Deal - Ukraine in Feb 2021
Ep. 39 - Ukraine In Early 2021: Covid Vaccine, EU, Ban On Kremlin-linked TV Channels
Ep. 38 - Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh: What’s Happening in Eastern Europe?
Ep.37 - Zelensky Loses Local Elections In Ukraine. Why?
Ep.36 - Zelensky and Europe: What's Going Right and Wrong in Ukraine's EU integration
Ep. 35 - How a Ukrainian App is Promoting Solidarity with Prisoners of Kremlin
Ep. 34 - Could Ukraine Move Away From The West? Some People Want It To
Ep. 33 - Ukrainian Prisoners of Kremlin: Who Are They?
Ep. 32 - How Is Zelensky Is Different From Poroshenko?