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.

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Episode #3 is dedicated to the massive leak of US military intelligence, and what it revealed about Russia's war against Ukraine. 

Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent's reporter Igor Kossov.

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Episode #2 is dedicated to Ukraine’s attempts to eradicate the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, a large church in Ukraine that still follows religious leaders in Russia, despite the war.

Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent's senior editor Oleksiy Sorokin.

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Episode #1 is dedicated to Ukraine’s military strategy in Bakhmut, an embattled city in Donetsk Oblast in the east of Ukraine. The battle for Bakhmut has already proven to be one of the most brutal and costly fights of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Anastasiia is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell, who has traveled to the front line in the east of Ukraine multiple times, reporting from Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Sviatohirsk, and other locations.

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To learn more:

What is happening in Bakhmut and what does it mean for Russian-Ukrainian war? – https://bit.ly/42SbAC3

Surviving Avdiivka: Russia intensifies assault on city deemed a ‘second Bakhmut’ – http://bit.ly/3nyjpMX

‘I work, then I cry’: Exhausted medics near Bakhmut fight for every life – http://bit.ly/3TXEXi6

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