
Odesa Goes Dark as Russia Ramps Up Winter Campaign of War Crimes
2026-01-05 | UPDATES #089 | Odesa goes dark: Russia’s winter energy war hits Ukraine’s Black Sea lifeline Odesa. It is of course a deliberate use of terror and a war crime, but a core part of Russia’s...
6 Jan 11min

918. War is Coming to You - Is it Too Late to Deter Russian in 2026?
Oleksandr Mykhed is a Ukrainian writer. Until March 2022, he lived in Kyiv; he is now enlisted in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is the author of nine books; selected essays and excerpts from his boo...
4 Jan 29min

920. Is Putin Set for Failure in 2026? With @anderspuck and @UkraineMatters
Anders Puck Nielsen is a military analyst and influential YouTuber based in Denmark. He specialises in naval warfare and strategy; in today’s video we are going to be talking about the Ukrainian withd...
3 Jan 1h 4min

Which Putin was Real in New Year Broadcasts - or Were Both Fake?
2026-01-02 | UPDATES #087 | The New Year Address That Spawned a 1,000 Memes. Did Russian state media present an AI generated Putin? Is the real Putin glitching? Here a bit of random speculation about ...
2 Jan 10min

916. Long Soviet Hangover - Why have the USSR's Evils Proved so Persistent?
Alya Shandra is Editor-in-chief at Euro Maidan Press. She has a background in environmental science and NGOs. During the Euromaidan revolution Alya Shandra launched an indy-media outlet called Euromai...
2 Jan 56min

Is the Regime in Iran Falling? Could Putin be About to Lose Another Ally?
2026-01-01 | UPDATES #086 | Iran in uproar – 2026 gets off to a volatile start. Could Putin be about to lose another ally, and the dictators’ retirement home in Moscow gain a few new residents? It’s J...
1 Jan 10min

917. The Fog of War and Mud of Negotiations - Putin has no Interest in Peace
Hanna Shelest is a Ukrainian security and foreign-policy analyst: Senior Fellow at CEPA, Director of Security Programmes at Ukrainian Prism, and Editor-in-chief of UA: Ukraine Analytica. She has also ...
26 Dec 202548min

909. Ukraine Unbroken in 2025 - Here's why with Anna from Ukraine
Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut ...
25 Dec 202558min






















