Ukraine Insights

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events: 31 March. Online event: Ukraine's media space amid rising political competiti...

In this episode of Ukraine Insights, we speak with lawyer Anna Vyshniakova about the real, measurable impact of Russian propaganda and information warfare in the Russia–Ukraine war. Drawing on the “Words That Kill” study—based on interviews with over 1,000 Russian POWs—we move beyond assumptions and into evidence. This episode explores how Russia’s propaganda machine operates at scale, how disinfo...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events: 25-26 March, Kyiv. Offline event: GREEN:EXPO 2026. The event is designed to creat...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events: 19 March. Online event: “Ukraine’s next elections: Preparations, Politics, and Pi...

Dr. Omar Ashour, Professor of Security and Military Studies, joins Ukraine Insights to discuss what the Russia–Ukraine war is teaching the world about modern warfare. From drone innovation and hybrid warfare to NATO’s future and the role of resistance movements, we explore how Ukraine is reshaping military doctrine. This episode was recorded on 2026.02.23. Produced by KI Insights, the analytical u...

What does the war in Iran mean for Ukraine? In this episode, Jakub Parusinski and Anatoliy Oktysiuk discuss how the new conflict could affect Ukraine — from oil prices and military supplies to diplomatic attention and the wider international situation. They also look at why Ukraine’s experience in countering Iranian-style drone attacks may now become relevant beyond Ukraine’s own battlefield. Prod...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events:  12 March. Online event: How to make Ukrainian CRM projects bankable. This online...

In this episode of Ukraine Insights, we speak with Peter Pomerantsev about Russia’s information strategy in the war against Ukraine, the export of chaos as a geopolitical tool, and why the battle for truth today is no longer about facts alone, but about identity, emotion, and narrative. The conversation moves beyond theory into practice: what actually works against disinformation? Can democratic s...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events: 1-3 March, Lviv. Offline event: 2026 ANZ-Ukraine Forum. Organized by the Ukrainia...

"There is no other outcome than sovereign Ukraine within Europe, ideally within the EU and eventually in NATO." - President Pavel Four years into the full-scale Russia–Ukraine war, are peace talks moving anywhere? In this episode of Ukraine Insights, Czech President Petr Pavel discusses negotiations with Russia, military support for Kyiv, Europe’s long-term security, and Ukraine’s path toward EU a...

Four years into the Russia-Ukraine war, is a ceasefire finally possible? In this episode of Ukraine Insights , Jakub Parusinski speaks with political analyst  Anatoliy Oktysiuk about battlefield realities, Russia’s weakening economy, U.S. pressure under Trump, and Ukraine’s political future. They examine Zelensky’s re-election prospects, the role of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in negotiat...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉Upcoming events:  26 February, Kyiv. Offline event: Forbes Agro 2026. A conference for agribusines...

Russia is advancing — but slowly. Negotiations continue — but without breakthrough. In this episode of Ukraine Insights, KI analyst Mykolaj Suchy speaks with Glib Voloskyi, analyst at the Initiatives Centre of Come Back Alive, to examine the battlefield realities shaping the Ukraine war in 2026.They discuss theories of victory, Ukraine’s strategy of attrition, mobilization challenges, economic pre...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. Upcoming events:  19 Feb. Ukraine Battlefield Update: Strategic, Operational, and Technological Evol...

Are the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan turning into a commercial for Russia’s war? Hockey legend Dominik Hašek joins us to discuss the IOC’s double standards toward Ukrainian athletes, how sport is being used to normalize Russian aggression on the global stage, the wider implications of Vladyslav Heraskevych and other Ukrainian athletes being barred, and the role of Russian athletes in state propag...

The Russia–Ukraine war has transformed Ukraine’s politics and its relationship with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow is exporting its “political technology” to influence politics across Europe. Prof. Andrew Wilson joins Olena Yermakova to discuss how Ukraine has evolved since 1991, the impact of the full-scale war, and why a peace deal with Vladimir Putin could prove dangerously unstable. Produced by KI...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineAnalysis Upcoming events:  19 Feb. Ukraine Battlefield Update: St...

This episode of Ukraine Insights unpacks how modern propaganda actually works — not through slogans, but through networks, funding streams, manipulation, and automation. Host Adam Sybera speaks with investigative journalist Dave Troy about how Ukraine became a testing ground for information warfare tactics now spreading globally, why fact-checking often backfires, and how AI is accelerating influe...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. Upcoming events: 17–19 Feb. NAHB International Builders’ Show 2026 Registration: https://bit.ly/NAHB...

“The main problem of the Ukrainian government was that they thought this war would end soon.” — Anatoliy Oktysiuk As Ukraine approaches the fifth year of the full-scale war, KI Insights experts discuss Kyiv’s new wartime cabinet reshuffle — including Budanov’s move to lead the Office of the President and Fedorov’s appointment as defense minister. We examine what the reshuffle signals about wartime...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineAnalysis 👉 Sign up for the extended newsletter version of this w...

What did 2025 change — and what might 2026 bring? Rob Lee joins KI Insights to break down Russia’s evolving tactics, the drone-driven battlefield, Ukraine’s manpower constraints, and the variables that could shape the year ahead — from the Donetsk front to foreign support. Produced by KI Insights, the analytical unit backed by the Kyiv Independent. *** We’re launching Defence Analytics! KI Insight...

“Ukraine is an obstacle for Trump’s big game plan in Europe.” —Anatoliy Oktysiuk In this episode of Ukraine Insights, we explore how Trump’s second term is reshaping geopolitics, why Greenland has emerged as a new pressure point on Europe, and how the fracturing Euro-Atlantic alliance will affect Ukraine. Join KI Insights Director Jakub Parusinski and Senior Political Analyst Anatoliy Oktysiuk as...

Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days. Each episode highlights upcoming events, policy decisions, and international developments shaping Ukraine and the Russia–Ukraine war. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineAnalysis Get the extended Ukraine Calendar newsletter: https://ma...

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