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Dear Kyiv Independent community members,

We’re ready for your questions for our next episode of “This Week in Ukraine.” The topic will be Ukrainian attacks deep behind enemy lines, inside Russia, as well as occupied territories such as Crimea.

To send in your questions, you can leave them in the comments below, message us on Patreon, or email community manager Brooke at brooke@kyivindependent.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you to everyone who has sent in questions for our previous episodes. Above is episode four, “Russia’s strategy of evil: 80,000 war crimes in Ukraine,” with your questions starting at 25:20. Also, thank you to those who have taken the time to leave a review of our podcast on listening platforms – this helps us to grow our audience and reach more people. We appreciate it.

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Russia's strategy of evil: 80,000 war crimes in Ukraine | This Week in Ukraine Ep. 4

“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues. Episode #4 is dedicated to Russian war crimes in Ukraine and beyond, the culture of violence within the Russian military, and the attempts to keep Russia accountable for the crimes committed in Ukraine. Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent's war crimes unit reporter Danylo Mokryk. Listen to the audio version of the podcast – http://bit.ly/3M2wtV9 Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:55 Culture of brutality inside Russian military 02:52 Has the Russian military always been this way? 06:22 War crimes in Ukraine 09:13 How many war crimes did Russia commit in Ukraine? 10:13 On public executions 11:44 What is the goal of Russia’s brutality? 12:32 Reaction of Ukrainian society 16:58 Investigations of war crimes 18:36 Role of international community 20:52 Can Russia be punished? 25:20 Questions from patrons — on kidnapping and Russian propaganda 31:50 Also this week 32:20 Outro The Kyiv Independent: Twiter – https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/kyivindependent Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/kyivindepen... Anastasiia Lapatina: Twitter – https://twitter.com/lapatina_ Danylo Mokryk: Twitter – https://twitter.com/DMokryk The episode was edited by Alex Kisly.

Comments

Allen Graves

My question is not really a question just explanation of difference between partisan attacks and government forces. Starting to see increase in rain line sabotaged and mysterious building fires. I have seen increase drone interceptions via jamming. So educate out audience on these.

Trever Blanco

What is the Ukrainian government's policy toward "collaborators" in the temporarily occupied territories? Is amnesty on the table once those areas are taken back, or is Kyiv looking to prosecute such activities in places like Crimea?

Fran

Wouldn’t Eliminating Russia’s warships in the Black Sea help towards regaining Crimea and in the long run create greater security after Russia is defeated? Also, do you think Russia’ attempt to develop a port on the Red Sea is future planning for losing the Black Sea fleet?

Chris

There is a large amount of information shared online regarding the war. With huge interest and speculation about Ukraine's counter offensive is this public information sharing a bad thing? Does it make troop movements and secrecy difficult, enabling the Russian forces to prepare?

Bob Radus

The KI had a brilliant story about the International Legion and the problems faced by volunteers regarding corruption within the Legion's Highest management. I understand the Legion originally had over 20,000 members, now down to about 3,000. Poland had the highest contingent. What has ben done and being done to get rid of and prosecute the corrupt leadership? How are the Legionnaires now being accepted, treated, and being used in the UA?