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Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal and author of Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence, joins the show to talk about the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, how the battlefield has evolved, and where the war may be headed.
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Times
• 01:48 Introduction
• 02:06 Growing up Ukranian
• 05:03 The collapse of Kabul
• 07:40 Leadership counts
• 10:14 Zelensky
• 16:20 How did Putin get Ukraine so wrong?
• 19:49 Touch and go
• 22:45 Draft confusion
• 26:09 Battlefield evolution
• 30:42 Countermeasures
• 34:33 Washington’s tepid support
• 38:11 Possible futures
• 40:26 Trump
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Buy the book here - Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence
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Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal and author of Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence, joins the show to talk about the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, how the battlefield has evolved, and where the war may be headed.
▪️
Times
• 01:48 Introduction
• 02:06 Growing up Ukranian
• 05:03 The collapse of Kabul
• 07:40 Leadership counts
• 10:14 Zelensky
• 16:20 How did Putin get Ukraine so wrong?
• 19:49 Touch and go
• 22:45 Draft confusion
• 26:09 Battlefield evolution
• 30:42 Countermeasures
• 34:33 Washington’s tepid support
• 38:11 Possible futures
• 40:26 Trump
Follow along on Instagram
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
Buy the book here - Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence

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