Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian best-selling novelist, journalist and intellectual who lives in Kyiv.
In this bonus episode of Ukraine: The Latest, host David Knowles speaks to Andrey Kurkov about Ukraine's radical social change and defending their European future, fleeing home and adapting to war, and why Putin will not give up while he's alive. 
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/andrey-kurkov/grey-bees/9780857059369/
20 Days in Mariupol https://20daysinmariupol.com/
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Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dominated world news since tanks, jets and troops first crossed Ukraine's borders in February 2022. Every weekday, the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the conflict from all angles.
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Day 818. Today, we discuss the latest from Ukraine, and look at a number of diplomatic moves in Europe that may see Western trainers in Ukraine and Western weapons in Russia. 
Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
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Pressure grows for Nato ammo to be used in Russia

Day 817. Today is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom, so we pre-recorded an interview with one of our most requested guests: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman of the department of War Studies at King's College London. 
A world-renowned expert on international history and strategic theory, he is a well-known commentator on security issues, and the author of many books, including most recently: ‘Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine.’
David Knowles sat down with him to discuss which country has the strategic initiative in the war, the ways the battlefront is likely to evolve over the coming months, and what experts have got right, and wrong, about the way the war has progressed.
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Exclusive interview with Sir Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and Russia's strategy in 2024

Day 814. Today, we discuss whether more Ukrainian strikes in Crimea and Russia have pushed Putin to start talking about negotiations, and hear of another senior Russian military official sacked, in what is starting to look like a purge of the top echelons of Russia’s defence establishment.
Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. With thanks to Jen Stout (Freelance Journalist and author) @jm_stout on X.  Her new book 'Night train to Odesa' is out now:  https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-train-to-odesa/
Articles Referenced:
'Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines' (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/
'Ukraine starts sending convicts to fight Russia' (The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/23/ukraine-starts-sending-convicts-to-fight-russia/
'Migrating eagles are avoiding war-torn Ukraine' (The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/20/greater-spotted-eagle-avoid-ukraine-russia-war/
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Putin talks peace as he’s hit by more missiles

Day 813. Today, we discuss the latest from the Kharkiv battlefield, hear warnings from Norwegian intelligence of Russian sabotage operations across Europe, ask whether there’s about to be a shift in US policy over the use of western weapons inside Russia. Later, we hear about a new film exploring the soldiers road to redemption.
Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Levison Wood (Former paratrooper turned writer, photographer and documentary film maker). @Levisonwood on X.



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Is Biden about to allow US weapons to be used to attack Russian soil?

Day 812. Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.
Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X. Dalibor Rohac (Senior Fellow AEI) @DaliborRohac on X.
'The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why' (Ada Wordsworth in The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war
'A Theory of Victory for Ukraine' (Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukraine
Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (The Telegraph): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/
'The EU is failing Georgia, just as it failed Ukraine' (Dalibor Rohac in The Telegraph): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/
'Exclusive: Pentagon's Russian Oil Red Line Questioned' (Newsweek) https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516

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Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’

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