Luke Harding is an award winning British journalist and foreign correspondent for The Guardian, covering Russia’s invasion from inside Ukraine.

He is one of the world’s leading authorities on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Having been previously based in Moscow for the Guardian, Harding is sanctioned by the Putin regime for his work uncovering corruption inside Russia. 

He is a Number 1 New York Times best-selling author and his new book: Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival was just updated to take into account the latest developments in the war.

Misha and Luke caught up for a chinwag about all things relating to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including what the world got wrong about Vladimir Putin, what the world must do now to help Ukraine, how this war might end and the global stakes of the conflict. 

Follow Luke here: @lukeharding1968

You can buy the book: www.LukeHardinginvasion.com

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