Episode 50: Long Nights of Drone Attacks
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...
31 Maj 202346min
Episode 49: Bakhmut Falls, Raid into Belgorod, and a Host of Diplomatic Summits
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 Russi...
25 Maj 20231h 16min
Episode 48: Cracks Show in the Russian Lines
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 agai...
15 Maj 20231h 13min
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 Mars 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 Mars 20231h 19min
