In a special Scotland’s Future podcast dedicated to the war in Ukraine, we hear from those most affected by the Russian invasion, as well as from academics who have been closely monitoring the impact of the war on the country, its people and its economy, as well as examining the role of the media and particularly social media in the conflict.

Host Professor Stephen Gethins talks to St Andrews International Business student Diana Surzhyk from Kyiv in Ukraine, about the human impact of prolonged Russian aggression on her country, her family and friends and her views on Ukraine’s future.

The podcast also hears from British Academy Research Fellow Dr Taras Fedirko, from the University of St Andrews School of Philosophy, Anthropological and Film Studies, who was carrying out research in his homeland prior to the invasion.

Also contributing to the podcast are world-renowned military strategist Professor Phillips O’Brien, who has been charting the war and Russia’s tactics since the start of the invasion and now has over 100,000 Twitter followers, as well as Dr Alice König from the school of Classics, who runs the University’s Visualising War and Peace project.