Episodes
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Season 2 Episode 14 is dedicated to Ukraine’s struggles with mobilization.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Season 2 Episode 13 is dedicated to whether Russian crimes in Ukraine amount to genocide.
Masha Lavrova, filling in for host Anastasiia Lapatina, is joined by Danylo Mokryk – a reporter at the War Crimes Investigations unit.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Season 2 Episode 12 is dedicated to Ukraine's struggles with air defence, amid intensifying Russian missile attacks.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by security expert Fabian Hoffmann, who is a doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Season 2 Episode 11 is dedicated to Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by security expert Marcel Plichta, who is a fellow at the Centre for Global Law and Governance at the University of St. Andrew’s and a former intelligence analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Season 2 Episode 10 is dedicated to Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, and what another 4 years of Trump at the White House might mean for Ukraine.
Host Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent news editor Nate Ostiller.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Season 2 Episode 9 is dedicated to Ukraine's reported downing of more than a dozen Russian planes in just a month.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by John Hardie, Deputy Director of the Russia Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Season 2 Episode 8 is dedicated to Russia’s illegal occupation of Crimea.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by Kyiv Independent news reporter Dinara Khalilova.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
For the bonus episode of “This Week in Ukraine” dedicated to the two year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, host Anastasiia sits down with David Knowles, the host of The Telegraphs Ukraine: The Latest podcast, to discuss reporting on Ukraine two years into the war.
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Season 2 Episode 7 is dedicated to the fall of Avdiivka.
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by Glen Grant, a retired U.K. Lieutenant Colonel and military expert who advises Ukraine.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Season 2 Episode 6 is dedicated to the new team leading Ukraine’s military.
Host Masha Lavrova is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell.
"This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.