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GUEST: Vlad Vexler, Social Philosopher, and popular YouTuber. If Putin's aggression towards Ukraine, Europe and NATO members is Relentless, then what should our strategy towards it be, to guarantee …

Yaroslav Riabukha is the host of a YouTube channel that does an extraordinary job examining and demolishing Russian propaganda narratives. He’s creating materials which I think are super important …

Mariia Zolkina is a Ukrainian Researcher and Public Policy Analyst, who joined London School Economics and Political Science as DINAM Research Fellow in 2022. She has been also working as Head of R…

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to take a toll on the lives of millions of women who have fled Ukraine and on those displaced within the country. My guest today is a Ukrainian civil society le…

Gregory Terry has worked in Ukraine for 26 years, facilitating the delivery of aid to frontline areas of the country. Like me, he uses YouTube as a tool to advocate for Ukraine and demonstrate the …

Scott Lucas is a political analyst with more than 30 years’ experience including a wide range of interests from academic expertise to journalism, and public media, as well as digital engagement. Sc…

'Political technology' is a Russian term for the professional engineering of politics. It has turned Russian politics into theatre and propaganda – and now transformed the country into spectacle of…

Together with Jakub Kalenský, Roman Osadchuk is the author of a fascinating paper, “How Ukraine fights Russian disinformation: Beehive vs mammoth,” This detailed and compelling work forms the basis…

Edition No34 | 01-02-2024 Unable to break the so-called deadlock on the frontlines of the conventional war, Ukraine is engaging in ‘smart warfare’ to attack the enemy’s oil and gas supply lines. O…

Brandon Mitchell is a Canadian who is deeply involved and invested in the Ukraine war. As a member of the Hospitaller crew, he has been evacuating people and the wounded since the beginning of the …

Russia has been hit be a perfect storm, that may affect the outcome of the war. Crumbling infrastructure combined with a cold winter. Strikes on strategic military energy infrastructure by Ukraine,…

First in a new series of monthly conversations on Silicon Curtain, about how Ukrainians are redefining the ideas of freedom and democracy, and why Ukraine must not be allowed to fall under Russian …

Professor Darin Gerdes provides in-depth analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian war on his popular YouTube channel, 'Professor Gerdes Explains'. Channel - @Professor-Gerdes He tries to provide unique ins…

GUEST: Anna from Ukraine - Anna Danylchuk ---------- Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims …

Ilya Ponomarev is a Russian-Ukrainian politician who was a member of the Russian State Duma from 2007 to 2016. After the 2022 Russian invasion, Ponomarev joined Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces…

Andrew Mercado is a U.S. Army Veteran who served both on active duty and in the reserves as an 88M motor transport operator from 2012 - 2020 with one tour overseas. His journey into journalism bega…

The Russian government’s deniable use of rogues, businessmen, enthusiasts, mercenaries, and political technologists confounded policymakers as Moscow waged a covert invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Did…

This episode is dedicated to Serhiy Korolyov, the genius who launched humanity into space, born in Zhytomyr and who studied in Odesa & Kyiv. Three of the most significant achievements at the dawn o…

Edition No33 | 17-01-2024 Russia plans Belarus 'absorption' by 2030 — according to media reports. A Russian presidential document was obtained, in February 2023, by a group of international journa…