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Episode 1 of “This Week in Ukraine” published, your questions needed for episode 2 (Patreon)

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2023-04-04 20:29:38
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Dear Kyiv Independent community members,

Last week we launched our new video podcast, “This Week in Ukraine,” which looks at the most important news happening in Ukraine each week.

Here is the video for last week’s episode: “Why does Ukraine keep up costly defense of Bakhmut?” with your questions answered starting at 25:00.

Next week’s episode will be about the recent scandals involving the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. If you have any questions about this topic, you can leave them in the comments below, message us on Patreon, or email community manager Brooke at brooke@kyivindependent.com.

Every week, we will be putting out a call for your questions – we look forward to hearing from you!

Finally, we received a number of messages from our community, letting us know that the podcast was not available on Google Podcasts and that the link appeared to be broken. This has now been fixed – and thank you to those who pointed it out!

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Why does Ukraine keep up costly defense of Bakhmut? | This Week in Ukraine Ep. 1

“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues. Episode #1 is dedicated to Ukraine’s military strategy in Bakhmut, an embattled city in Donetsk Oblast in the east of Ukraine. The battle for Bakhmut has already proven to be one of the most brutal and costly fights of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Anastasiia is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell, who has traveled to the front line in the east of Ukraine multiple times, reporting from Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Sviatohirsk, and other locations. Support the Kyiv Independent on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kyivindependent Listen to the audio version of the podcast – http://bit.ly/3M2wtV9 Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:47 What does Bakhmut look like now? 02:39 On reported stabilization in Bakhmut 05:15 Why hasn’t Bakhmut fallen yet? 06:08 Why does Ukraine keep defending the city? 11:58 On compromises with Russia 14:26 Is the government’s defense plan paying off? 16:20 Consequences of a potentially failed defense 17:49 Wagner fighters in Bakhmut 20:11 Feud between Prigozhin and Shoigu 22:43 How does Bakhmut fit into Ukraine’s overall war plans 25:09 Questions from Patreon supporters 31:37 Also this week – Avdiivka, tanks, Putin’s nuclear threats 32:26 Outro To learn more: What is happening in Bakhmut and what does it mean for Russian-Ukrainian war? –https://bit.ly/42SbAC3 Surviving Avdiivka: Russia intensifies assault on city deemed a ‘second Bakhmut’ – http://bit.ly/3nyjpMX ‘I work, then I cry’: Exhausted medics near Bakhmut fight for every life – http://bit.ly/3TXEXi6 The Kyiv Independent: Twiter – https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/kyivindependent Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/kyivindependent_official Anastasiia Lapatina: Twitter – https://twitter.com/lapatina Francis Farrell: Twitter – https://twitter.com/francisjfarrell The episode was filmed by Liza Pyrozhkova and Iryna Matviyishyn, edited by Anna Yakutenko.

Comments

Gene Fitzgerald

My name is GENE FITZGERALD and I am a retired professor of Russian language, literature, and culture at the U org Utah in Salt Lake City. I just taught a course (being retired means you get to teach for nothing) on Russia and Ukraine, a study of their history and then moving to Putin's comments on his version of the history of the two countries--which is far different from the actuality. I have read Plokhii book on Ukraine "The Gates of History: and found it interesting but a very confusing time line, which I straightened out for myself and my students. At present I much worry about battle fatigue of the Ukrainian forces, and hope that Western increase in armaments and equipment will help. have a small flag of Ukraine that we fly in front of our home in Salt Lake City, but we are now under many feet of snow. So all our hopes and wishes are for a speedy outcome and a Ukrainian victory (BTW I first started going to Russia in 1971, lived in Leningrad for year with my family 1974-75, studied at MGU 1971, and 1981, and went to the Soviet Union/Russia every year from 1984-2005, then again in 2014 and 2017--needless to say my trips to friends in Russia are now over)./

Ray Brown

I really appreciate your work...thank you!

California Norma

Oh gosh, so much more than an audio Podcast 😳😃👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 You all just keep setting the bar higher and higher for anyone who believes they might compete, and for all media outlets who now seem rather lazy in comparison! I continue to be amazed at the creativity Coupled With the ability to organize and implement. Under dire conditions. 😳🤦🏽‍♀️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Slava Ukraïni

Dan Cook

I really appreciate your work and the new podcast is excellent. I'm looking forward to the next episode. Since it's about the church it would be good to have a bit of a primer on the religious groups and how they relate to each other. Orthodoxy is a bit of a general mystery to me (and many Brits, I imagine, since even Roman Catholicism still seems fairly exotic here) so a bit of an explainer would help orientation!

L B

This was an absolutely excellent episode. I will be continuously listening to the upcoming episodes (I am already a Power Lines+ listener). Nastia you are a terrific interviewer, asking detailed questions that give an opportunity for unique responses. Francis I love your 'clarifying' approach, it provides a broader picture and room for analysis.