Episode 47: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict with Karena Avedissian
Ukraine without Hype is joined by Armenian political scientist Karena Avedissian. Karena specializes in governance, access to justice, social movements, and new media/communications in Eurasia. We ask...
30 Apr 20231h 9min
Episode 46: Ban on Agricultural Imports Creates Rift between Ukraine and Bordering Allies
In this Episode... 1:00 - Combat Update: Ukraine pushed back to the last few neighborhoods in Bakhmut, while a raid in Kherson Oblast gains attention as paving the way for the coming offensive. 12:05 ...
27 Apr 20231h 5min
Episode 45: The Very Dumb Intelligence Leak
In this Episode... 01:10 - War Updates: The Russians advance through the city center of Bakhmut, but it seems pretty certain that the city will not be surrounded. No Russian progress around Avdiivka, ...
15 Apr 20231h 5min
Episode 44: Putin the Fugitive
In this News Digest... 00:50 - War Updates: The focus of the war is on Bakhmut and Avdiivka, two cities that have been largely destroyed and are threatened by attempted Russian encirclements. Russia k...
31 Mar 202346min
Episode 43: Talking Russia, War, and Pop Culture with Foreign Volunteer Soldier James (Spaghetti Kozak)
James is a US Army veteran who supported Ukraine for years before the full-scale invasion and enlisted when the time came. We talk to him about how his many years living in Russia opened his eyes to t...
16 Mar 20231h 19min
Episode 42: Three Nations With the Same Enemy
00:45 - Combat Update, including the increasingly brutal fight to defend the strong point of Bakhmut while preparing a counter-offensive. 10:50 - A militia made up of Russian dissidents fighting for U...
11 Mar 20231h 3min
Episode 41: Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished - One Year On With Maria Romanenko
The glory of Ukraine has not yet perished, nor the will. Still upon us, young brothers, fate shall smile. Our enemies shall vanish, like dew in the sun. We too shall rule, brothers, our country. Febr...
24 Feb 20231h 12min
Episode 40: Fighting Both the Russian Invasion and Corruption
For this week's combat update, Russia continues to grind away at Bakhmut, making the most progress in the northern suburbs while being fought back in the south. In what appears to be the start of thei...
17 Feb 20231h 10min
