@MriyaReport news from Ukraine & replays of guests you might have missed or want to listen to again.

Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan/Twitter), geopolitical strategist and consultant, Founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics, joins us for a discussion on the global geopolitical implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *Unfortunately at about 59 mins and on, Peter's phone signal was a bit spotty. It was not able to be fixed in the edit but you can still understand what he is saying.

We were lucky to have Douglas London (@DouglasLondon5/Twitter) a 34-year veteran of the CIA who worked as a case officer and recruiter of foreign agents before and after 9/11 provides an invaluable perspective on the state of modern spy craft, how the spy craft of Ukrainian and Russia has succeeded for one and how it failed for the other. He talks about how it played apart in the current war in Uk...

We are joined once again by Gen Ben Hodges (Ret.) talking about the latest developments in the war and how the winter war might go and what the future might hold both in the near and long term.

One of the co-founders of Estonia’s unicorn Pipedrive, Ragnar Sass (@ragnars/Twitter) is an entrepreneur and tech investor with longstanding ties to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full scale invasion he has created a volunteer operation along his businesses in Kyiv and Tallinn supporting the Ukrainian armed forces with deliveries of donated pick-up trucks, cars and supplies from all over Nort...

Stefano “Professore” Bottoni (@StefanoBottoni1) explains how and why Hungary has become Russia’s Trojan Horse in Europe. From secret and momentous meetings in Petersburg to crucial infrastructure contracts signed with much fanfare, Il Professore retraces the steps of Viktor Orban, Hungary’s strongman who almost single-handedly has turned his country into a pariah. Spies, grand-strategy, petty deal...

Mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov was in Russian captivity during March 11-16. At present, he and his team manage Melitopol remotely.

Economist Agathe Demarais (@AgatheDemarais/Twitter), currently global forecasting director at The Economist Intelligence. Author of "Backfire" a book on the recent history of sanctions, talks with us about the effects of the U.S. sanctions against Russia and the ways sanctions affect multinational companies, governments, and ultimately millions of people around the world. 

*note; due to a technical glitch, there are 90 seconds missing, the first question was about the Russia's use of rockets against the civilian population and infrastructure. Thomas joins us again to talk about what has happened since his last visit. We covered lots of topics, artillery, counter battery fire, loitering munitions, next moves for the Ukrainian Military and alleged crimes at Makiivka....

Gen Mick Ryan, A.M. (Retd) (Twitter/@warinthefuture)  joins us again to talk about the latest developments with the war, the liberation of Kherson, what that means and the state of the Russian military and how he sees the war going forward in the next few months.

Sergio fought in Azovstal and later spent five months in Russian captivity, where he was tortured and interrogated. He was in the 23rd detachment of the Mariupol Maritime Guard 2015-2018; returned in February 2022 - present.

Col. Jeff Fischer (Ret.) (@JeffFisch/Twitter) Author, European and Global Security Expert, Media Analyst, NATO SOF, Defense Attaché and joint staff. Author of "Balkan Reprisal" joins us to talk about the nature of Electronic Warfare and the roll it is playing in the war in Ukraine.

Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador/twitter) is a retired artilleryman of the Italian Army, who has lived and worked in Kyiv since 2009. Theiner is an expert on NATO Cold War land forces and NATO Cold War defense strategy. He is also a filmmaker and documentarian. Thomas takes questions and talks about his opinions on what the west needs to do now to help Ukraine win the war against the Russians swiftly...

We were joined again by Matthew VanDyke (@Matt_VanDyke/Twitter) founder of Sons of Liberty International (@SOLI/Twitter) who talked about his most recent experiences spending many hours each day working hard giving soldiers critical training so that they are ready to fight. He and his team are giving valuable training to fighters close to the front lines in all different manner of combat including...

Gen Mick Ryan, A.M. (Ret) @warinthefuture  joins us again to talk about the latest developments with the war, the current situation and what effect the winter will have on the war.

We welcomed Antti Ruokonen (@ Antti _ Ruokonen/ Twitter ) , a Finnish engineer, author and military historian to overview the Winter War following the Soviet invasion of Finland and look for lessons that can be learned from it for today, for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We dived into the deep-end, looking at the Winter War theatre-by-theatre and identified parallels between it and the ongoing...

The conclusion to part 1. This starts with the end of a question from Part 1. If you have not listened to Part 1. yet, it will make more sense if you listen to it first. In the second part of the Interview, Thomas is Joined by Navy Seal Team 6 Squadron Leader Chuck Pfarrer (@ChuckPfarrer/Twitter), Col. John Spencer (@SpencerGuard/Twitter) and Former Portuguese Army SOF NCO/Sniper. European Patriot...

Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador/twitter) is a retired artilleryman of the Italian Army, who has lived and worked in Kyiv since 2009. Theiner is an expert on NATO Cold War land forces and NATO Cold War defense strategy. He is also a filmmaker and documentarian. One week after the Kerch Bridge strike, he discusses further analysis of the Kerch Bridge with new information and also discusses what is to c...

Oleksandra Drik (@DrikOleksandra/Twitter) talked with us about the Russian filtration camps that have been in the occupied territories of Ukraine for eight years. With the full scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has scaled these camps to other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. She said Ukrainians illegally detained by the occupation authorities experienced torture, beatings, electrocutio...

Caleb Larson covers the intersection of conflict and politics, focusing on American foreign policy, European security and German society. He is currently in Ukraine covering the latest updates in Lyman in this episode.

Gen. Pekka Toveri (Ret.) from Finland joins us again to continue the discussion about the war in Ukraine, Russia's troubles that they face in Kherson, their high attrition levels, continuing mobilization problems and logistic troubles.

Matthew VanDyke (Matt_VanDyke/Twitter) is currently in Ukraine training Ukrainians to fight Russia's war of aggression. He is American documentary filmmaker, revolutionary, and former journalist. Founder of Sons of Liberty International , International Security analyst, media commentator, public speaker, Huffington Post blogger, and award-winning filmmaker and writer Matthew VanDyke has had extrao...

We spoke with Dr Bilyana Lilly, (@BilyanaLilly/Twitter) a cybersecurity expert and the author of “Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West”. We discussed the importance of cyber and information warfare approaches to Russia (in times of war as well as peace) and dissected the threat it poses to NATO members and the world at large in the context of the Russian invas...

Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador/twitter) is a retired artilleryman of the Italian Army, who has lived and worked in Kyiv since 2009. Theiner is an expert on NATO Cold War land forces and NATO Cold War defense strategy. He is also a filmmaker and documentarian. He discusses his career and offers his insights on the war in Ukraine and analysis of the Kerch Bridge strike.

A brief summary of the days military update. See map here to follow along https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/DraftUkraineCOTOctober01%2C2022.png

Gen Mick Ryan, A.M. (Ret) @warinthefuture  joins us again to talk about the latest developments with the war, the recent attacks and what that might mean for the next stage in the war.