EXCLUSIVE: Major Sabotage, Storm Attacks Crimea, US Aid, Our Investigation into the FSB and Serhii Plokhy & Rory Finnin || December 1st, 2023

In today’s exclusive Ukraine War Brief, Yewleea talks about major sabotage, the "Storm of the Century" slams Qırım (Crimea), the US aid for Ukraine, and our investigation into the FSB. Professors Serhii Plokhy, the Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, talked about what the West gets wrong, and Rory Finnin, Director of Ukrainian Studies at Cambridge University, talks about how russians view Qırım (Crimea). Professor Plokhy's new book, The Russo-Ukrainian War: the Return of History, was published in May, 2023. He previously published The New York Times bestseller, The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, in 2015. Professor Finnin's book, The Blood of Others, was published in April 2022. You can buy Fizi bars here (not a product placement). Ad-free timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:35) The Contact Line (12:57) Temporarily Occupied Territories (15:35) Special Guest: Rory Finnin, Ph.D. (23:20) The Home Front (35:05) russia and Occupied Belarus (43:22) News Worldwide (47:54) Special Guest: Sergii Plokhy (1:10:29) Military & Tech Network Our new podcast, The Press Lounge, is available on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Goodpods, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and coming soon to Amazon Music/Audible, and TuneIn! Our new episode is out with Charles McBryde, who explains "how to tankie." The Press Lounge is your window into the minds of people who change the world, one conversation a time. Our sister podcast FAQ-U: Ukraine Explained, co-produced with Svidomi Media, is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Goodpods, iHeart Radio, and is coming soon to Amazon Music/Audible, Pandora, and Audible soon! Hosted by our own Yewleea and produced for Svidomi Media, FAQ-U explores popular misconceptions about Ukraine. Help Our Podcast: Rate, Review, and Give Feedback. Every 5 star rating and review helps others our podcast. If you enjoy listening, we'd appreciate it! Share the show with your friends and family, and feel free to listen again if you didn't quite catch something. This helps more listeners find us. If we haven't quite earned your 5-star review, reach out and let us know at social@borlingon.media so we can continue to grow and improve! Thank you! Support Our Work, Receive Benefits. For just $10/month, paid subscribers on Substack receive an ad-free podcast, along with the Written Brief. Founding Members get to go behind the scenes and see how we produce the podcast. Subscribe here: substack.com/@borlingonmedia. (We're still updating Substack with The People's Media logo. You can support our work on Patreon, as well. Starting at just $5/month, you'll get the ad-free podcast. Members at the $10/month level will also receive a copy of the written Brief and a complimentary subscription to our Substack! Check out our shop! Follow Us On Social Media Follow Yewleea and Rob on social media! Credit Executive Editors: Yewleea and Rob Gaudette. Editor: Yewleea. Sound Mixing: Rob Gaudette. Writers: Rob Gaudette, John Stamp, Rob McCan Research Assistance: John Stamp, Rob McCan Copyright 2023, Borlingon Media Group, LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices