Explaining Ukraine

9th day of Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is threatening Ukrainian nuclear power plants, bombing Ukrainian civilians, shelling Ukrainian cities. We continue our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast by sharing our analysis of Russian invasion and Ukrainian resistance. This podcast is a conversation between Volodymyr Yermolenko, analytics director at Internews Ukraine, and Tetyana Ogarkova, in charge o...

We continue our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast by sharing our analysis of Russian invasion and Ukrainian resistance. This podcast is a conversation between Volodymyr Yermolenko, analytics director at Internews Ukraine, and Tetyana Ogarkova, in charge of international outreach of Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. “Explaining Ukraine” podcast is a product by UkraineWorld.org. Support us at patreon.com/ukra...

We restart our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast by sharing our impressions and analysis of the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This podcast is a conversation between Volodymyr Yermolenko, analytics director at Internews Ukraine, and Tetyana Ogarkova, in charge of international outreach of Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. “Explaining Ukraine” podcast is a product by UkraineWorld.org. Support us...

How has the war changed Ukrainian society since 2014? What human stories from this period can inspire us? How do Ukrainians perceive the threat of a new Russian invasion? Our new episode of our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast features Iryna Matviyishyn, UkraineWorld journalist and author of the storytelling series “Stories from Ukraine”. The podcast is hosted by UkraineWorld’s chief editor Volodymyr...

What is it like to live under a constant threat of Russian invasion? What are the possible scenarios in the coming weeks? What do Ukrainians think of the possible threat? Is the situation consolidating Ukrainian society or fragmenting it? Why have so many foreign leaders and diplomats travelled to Ukraine? What do Ukrainians think of the Minsk agreements? – Tune into our regular “Explaining Ukrain...

What are the results of the recent rounds of diplomatic talks around Ukraine/Russia? Is the West taking the right approach, and what can it do? What about Ukraine's? We discuss these issues with experts from Chatham House: James Nixey, Director of the Chatham House Russia-Eurasia Programme, and Orysia Lutsevych, research fellow and manager at the Ukraine Forum of the same programme. Support us: pa...

What are Ukraine and Russia’s military options in the current situation? Is full-scale invasion a plausible scenario, or should we expect a limited intervention and occupation of parts of Ukrainian territory? We discuss these issues with Hans-Petter Midttun, an independent analyst, a retired officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and a former Norwegian Defence Attaché in Ukraine. Support us: patreon...

In our new episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast, we analyze how Russia is using disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda to support its actions against Ukraine and the West. Our guest is Olga Tokariuk, an independent Ukrainian journalist, disinformation researcher, and a non-resident fellow at CEPA, the Centre for European Policy Analysis. Support us: patreon.com/ukraineworld This pod...

In the new episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast, we continue our analysis of the geopolitical and security situation around Ukraine, the Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border, the threat of a large-scale war, and the results of Russian talks with the US, NATO and OSCE. In this episode, we also focus on the role of the EU and its member states, particularly Germany, in this situat...

In this episode of “Explaining Ukraine”, we will take a look at the major trends and events in and around Ukraine in 2021, including: Russia’s military escalations on Ukraine’s borders; President Zelensky’s confrontations with opponents and oligarchs; positive and negative trends in reforms; how Ukrainian citizens see these developments, and more. Support us: patreon.com/ukraineworld

Russia is amassing its troops on the Ukrainian border, and the risks of a new large-scale military escalation are high. Is it all a bluff, or is the threat real? Is there a consensus in the United States about it? What are the possible solutions on the table? Is the Zelensky Administration prepared for a military invasion? UkraineWorld’s chief editor Volodymyr Yermolenko discusses these issues wit...

This episode is about Crimea. Not only about Crimea’s seizure and occupation by Russia in 2014, but about its longer history: the history of Stalin’s brutal deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944, the history of Russian colonialism, of erasing memory and the displacement of people, the history of Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar relations, and the history of cultural solidarity and intercultural memory. Ukr...

We continue discussing the Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border, as well as the possible threat of a full–scale Russian military attack. UkraineWorld’s chief editor Volodymyr Yermolenko talks with well-known Ukrainian foreign policy expert Oleksandr Sushko, the executive director of the International Renaissance Foundation. In this episode, we also try to reflect what Russia's motivati...

How can we look at Ukrainian history in new ways? How can we view it from a multi-national, international or global perspective? Is the “borderland” metaphor productive? How can we go beyond “imperial” or “national” approaches to history? What can Ukrainian history teach us about the present? What new approaches it can suggest to global history? UkraineWorld’s chief editor Volodymyr Yermolenko tal...

Russia has been increasing its military buildup all along the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian and international leaders and experts openly talk about a possibility of a full-scale invasion. Is Russia likely to attack, and are Ukraine and its Western partners prepared for it? UkraineWorld’s chief editor Volodymyr Yermolenko will analyze the situation with James Sherr, a well-known expert on Russia, Ukr...

In our new episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast, we look at developments in and around Ukraine in November 2021. Last month, Ukraine witnessed an ever-increasing build-up of Russian troops along its border; President Zelensky found himself in the midst of a scandal following an allegedly failed special operation; Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s wealthiest oligarch, has become an enemy of the Presid...

This month’s episode of our Explaining Ukraine podcast focuses on major events and trends in October 2021. Ukraine accelerates vaccination amid stronger corona threats; the EU and Ukraine sign a deal on open skies and update their association agreement, opening up new possibilities for businesses and citizens; Russia weaponizes gas against both the EU and Ukraine, cuts coal supplies to Ukraine and...

In our new episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast, we look at developments in and around Ukraine in September 2021. Last month, the Verkhovna Rada passed an anti-oligarch bill; its chairman Dmytro Razumkov was ostracized by his own party; President Zelensky delivered an impassioned address to the UN; Ukraine was embroiled in a yet another diplomatic row with Hungary over its new gas contract wi...

In our new episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast, we look at developments in and around Ukraine in August 2021. Last month, the country celebrated the 30th anniversary of the restoration of its independence; the launch of the Crimean Platform gathered representatives from 46 countries and institutions for its inaugural summit in Kyiv; President Zelensky traveled to Washington for his long-awai...

Ukraine celebrated the 30th anniversary of the restoration of its independence last week. How is this independence perceived outside of Ukraine and, what is more importantly, inside Ukraine? Our guest on the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast is Peter Pomerantsev, a famous author and expert, as well as the director of the Arena think tank. Mr. Pomerantsev recently directed a research project called “Ukr...

In our new episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast, we look at developments in and around Ukraine in July 2021. Ukraine’s longest-serving Minister of the Interior, Arsen Avakov, resigned from office; Putin published an article about the supposed “historic unity of the Russian and Ukrainian peoples”; the US and Germany struck a deal on Nord Stream-2 as the construction of the pipeline is being fi...

UkraineWorld and the Kyiv Security Forum are holding a joint online event on recent major security and political challenges in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, other Eastern Partnership countries, and the Black Sea region.

In this episode of our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast, host Volodymyr Yermolenko talks with prominent Ukrainian public intellectual Yevhen Hlibovytskyi. We try to reflect on what makes Ukraine interesting to the world, what global processes and trends are being reflected in Ukraine, and how Ukraine's case can be essential to understand some other parts of the world as well. Subscribe to our podcasts...

In our new episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast, we look at developments in and around Ukraine in June 2021. Ukraine has shocked the European football world by reaching the Euro-2020 quarterfinals; Biden meets Putin to decrease US-Russia tensions, including around Ukraine; the NATO summit in Brussels reluctantly confirms Ukraine’s aspirations to join; judiciary reform gets a new boost; and...

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