Ukraine Without Hype

In this episode... 00:50 - The Ukrainian counteroffensive lurches forward across the front lines 07:23 - Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin launch a day-long uprising against the Russian government. What happened? Why? What now? 41:15 - A locked Kyiv bomb shelter leads to the death of a mother and child. 45:00 - Russian targets a restaurant in Kramatorsk used as a hub for journalists and aid workers. 48:00 - The legal system finally answers the question "Who ordered Katya Handzyuk?" The politicians who ordered the activist's death were sentenced to 10 years. 43:45 - A peace delegation by a group of African countries proves disappointing 57:00 - Hungary holds Ukrainian prisoners of war Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

30 Jun 20231h 8min

Following the Russian destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in the Kherson region, the area downstream was flooded, causing a massive amount of destruction. Anthony went to the city to cover the aid efforts in a city in which he has memories of a better time. While there, the Russians fired on a group of humanitarian aid workers Anthony was helping and reporting on. One was wounded but is in stable condition. After that story, Anthony goes on a rant about the Internal Committee of the Red Cross failing in its mission. Then an overview of what the future environmental, economic, epidemiological, and war-related after-effects of the dam's destruction will be for years to come. Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

26 Jun 202347min

Dylan Burns is a political streamer on YouTube and Twitch who has made multiple reporting trips to Ukraine. We talk about his coverage of demining efforts and other topics, what it means to be a political streamer with a younger audience who stepped into the world of journalism, and the controversial value of debating more Russia-friendly figures. Dylan Burn's Info https://www.dylanburns.tv/https://www.youtube.com/@DylanBurnsLIVEhttps://twitter.com/DylanBurns1776 Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

8 Jun 20231h 11min

In this episode - 00:40 - What is it like to go through a mass suicide drone attack? 10:43 - Combat update: Ukraine continues to advance around Bakhmut, but major shifts are unlikely until the counter-offensive. They also continue to hit strategic Russian points. Meanwhile, Russia struggles to find a solution to re-do's of the Belgorod border raid. 18:00 - A tangent about the rise of Russian PMCs as an erosion of Russian state power. 22:27 - Armenia takes further steps to concede the Karabakh dispute to Azerbaijan. 26:20 - NATO peacekeepers injured by ethnic Serb protesters while trying to control conflict in Kosovo. 34:53 - A tangent about how consociational governance isn't all that great and how some in the West tried to impose failing models from the Balkans onto Ukraine. Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

31 Mai 202346min

In this episode - 1:30 - Russian forces take control of the ruins of Bakhmut 11:15 - A questionable group of Russian volunteer soldiers fighting for Ukraine launch a raid into Belgorod Oblast of Russia and take a strangely long amount of time to be driven off. 37:30 - With the Russian success in Bakhmut, the war enters a new phase. What are the opportunities and concerns for how that new phase will shape out? 47:30 - Looking to the sky, Kyiv thwarts a massive missile barrage with the help of the Patriot missile defense system, and it looks like F-16s are on their way to the Ukrainian Air Force 52:10 - The Arab League, G7, and Chinese-Central Asia Summits all show opportunities for Ukraine and how far Russian soft power has fallen 1:06:30 - The (now former) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court gets caught in a bribery scandal Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

25 Mai 20231h 16min

In this episode - 1:45 - An overview of the evolving situation in the war. Ukraine has made a series of localized micro-offensives throughout the front line resulting in numerous small victories against the Russian occupiers. Most importantly, in the area around Bakhmut, where they have retaken ground to the north and south of the city. This also enflames the struggle between the Wagner Group and the regular Russian army. 26:15 - Ukraine's acquisition of Patriot and Storm Shadow missile systems is changing the calculus in the war of long-range missiles. 40:25 - A eulogy for the left-wing internationalist volunteers Finbar Cafferkey, Cooper Andrews, and Dmitry Petrov, and the journalist Arman Soldin. 52:40 - The Red Square Victory Day Parade was a flop. 1:03:00 - Amnesty International was caught covering up an internal review showing the failings of the Ukraine reportage. 1:06:50 - Eurovision Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

15 Mai 20231h 13min

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 asked her about the background of the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, recent developments of Baku tightening their grip on the region and Yerevan looking like they may give in, and the role of civil society in either country. TwitterKarena: @KarenaAv Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

30 Apr 20231h 9min

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 - Putin visits occupied Kherson Oblast...maybe 17:05 - Wagner fighters blow the whistle, having been given extermination orders against Ukrainians (https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/wagner-mercenary-admits-tossing-grenades-at-injured-ukrainian-pows) 25:12 - Ukraine's EU neighbors block Ukrainian agricultural imports in order to protect domestic markets, the EU is trying to negotiate a resolution. International News 39:50 - Washington Post reports on deep Russian influence campaigns in Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany Party and left-wing Die Linke Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-russia-interference-afd-wagenknecht/ 47:35 - Azerbaijan closes down Nagorno Karabakh, and the next conflict looms closer. 57:35 - Civil War in Sudan is another conflict where the Wagner Group is showing its influence. For Sudan: @YousraElbagir For Armenia: @KarenaAv TwitterAnthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

27 Apr 20231h 5min