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Ukraine War
On Back Story podcast this weekend I have released a new edition on Ukraine.
It walks you through the conflict and gives you a real sense of how Ukrainians are fighting, how the Russians have lost the initial battle plan, and long term what can happen.
It looks bleak for Putin’s forces who are stalled in many places, resorting to the worst violence in urban warfare, and how long term he can’t win or hold ground.
It's a genocidal claim by Russian President Putin that Ukraine is not a real country. And Putin the great chess player, has now turned out to be a reckless gambler holding what looks like a losing hand in Ukraine.
Host Dana Lewis talks to U.S. Lt. Col Alexander Vindman the former European affairs director at the NSC and of Ukrainian decent himself.
Guest U.S. Major Gen. Mike Repass says for Putin Ukraine is beginning to look like the "dog that caught the car".
And in Kharkiv, resident Maria Avdeeva tells us whats happening inside the city under attack by Russian forces.
Please have a listen and subscribe to the podcast.
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This is a terrible war unfolding in Europe driven by Putin but not Russians who have had their country highjacked by him. They are paying a price in Russia with collapsed businesses and looming economic disaster. Ukrainians are dying. And all of this for some delusional notion of Putins he was threatened by Ukraine and a dream of restoring Imperial Russia. Madness.
Dana