This Week in Ukraine

Ukraine has a mobilization problem

Season 2 Episode 14 is dedicated to Ukraine’s struggles with mobilization.
 
Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell.
 
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This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

The legal question of genocide in Ukraine

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.
 
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Is Ukraine running out of air defense missiles?

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.
 
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Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure

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.
 
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Will Trump abandon Ukraine if he beats Biden in November?

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.
 
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How Ukraine downs Russian planes

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.
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How 10 years of Russian occupation changed Crimea

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.
 
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Bonus: Conversation with The Telegraph’s David Knowles

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. 

Avdiivka fell to Russia. Why?

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.
 
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Who is leading Ukraine’s military now?

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. 
 
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