Are the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan turning into a commercial for Russia’s war?

Hockey legend Dominik Hašek joins us to discuss the IOC’s double standards toward Ukrainian athletes, how sport is being used to normalize Russian aggression on the global stage, the wider implications of Vladyslav Heraskevych and other Ukrainian athletes being barred, and the role of Russian athletes in state propaganda.

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The Russia–Ukraine war has transformed Ukraine’s politics and its relationship with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow is exporting its “political technology” to influence politics across Europe.

Prof. Andrew Wilson joins Olena Yermakova to discuss how Ukraine has evolved since 1991, the impact of the full-scale war, and why a peace deal with Vladimir Putin could prove dangerously unstable.

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Welcome to Ukraine’s Week Ahead, a weekly briefing by KI Insights on the key political, security, and diplomatic developments in Ukraine to watch in the coming days.

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• 19 Feb. Ukraine Battlefield Update: Strategic, Operational, and Technological Evolutions: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-battlefield-update-strategic-operational-and-defense-technology-shifts-next-ki-insights-monthly-briefing/ 

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• 26 Feb. Forbes Agro 2026: https://forbes.ua/events/forbes-agro-2026?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_event&utm_content=event_agro26&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23444823752&gbraid=0AAAAABt8f-bvi9FDfTOgdKettYm867t7v&gclid=CjwKCAiAv5bMBhAIEiwAqP9GuB6S7sv6dgAovBRiQpdmxQ56dPUnjDhtmc6kW0ItFdmWeanLiyCf7xoCcroQAvD_BwE 

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This episode of Ukraine Insights unpacks how modern propaganda actually works — not through slogans, but through networks, funding streams, manipulation, and automation. Host Adam Sybera speaks with investigative journalist Dave Troy about how Ukraine became a testing ground for information warfare tactics now spreading globally, why fact-checking often backfires, and how AI is accelerating influence campaigns faster than democracies can respond.

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“The main problem of the Ukrainian government was that they thought this war would end soon.” — Anatoliy Oktysiuk

As Ukraine approaches the fifth year of the full-scale war, KI Insights experts discuss Kyiv’s new wartime cabinet reshuffle — including Budanov’s move to lead the Office of the President and Fedorov’s appointment as defense minister.

We examine what the reshuffle signals about wartime governance, the strategic challenges Ukraine is facing (mobilization and rotation, corruption and institutional trust, defense tech and drone warfare, and the energy crisis), and why Syrskyi remains commander-in-chief.

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• 31 Jan. Field-Testing Day by EDTH Kyiv: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdB3avO1r3-NKytuIDaDDcaW3Afx1opgKdFvEvhW4rDJMwfAA/viewform 

• 2–7 Feb. Ukrainian Week 2026 in Washington: https://uaweek.org/ 

• 4 Feb. U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum 2026: https://mailchi.mp/usubcmail/h97xi96oa2 

• 17–19 Feb. NAHB International Builders’ Show 2026: https://registration.experientevent.com/ShowNHB261/?_gl=1*1tf1iah*_gcl_au*MTIxMTMwODkzNy4xNzY3OTUzMjU4*_ga*MTA2NTMwNzI5Mi4xNzY3OTUzMjU5*_ga_HLKM3NY6B2*czE3Njc5NTMyNTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njc5NTMyNjAkajU4JGwwJGgw 

• 19–20 Feb. Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2026: https://cyberforumkyiv.org/en 

What did 2025 change — and what might 2026 bring? Rob Lee joins KI Insights to break down Russia’s evolving tactics, the drone-driven battlefield, Ukraine’s manpower constraints, and the variables that could shape the year ahead — from the Donetsk front to foreign support.

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“Ukraine is an obstacle for Trump’s big game plan in Europe.”

—Anatoliy Oktysiuk

In this episode of Ukraine Insights, we explore how Trump’s second term is reshaping geopolitics, why Greenland has emerged as a new pressure point on Europe, and how the fracturing Euro-Atlantic alliance will affect Ukraine.

Join KI Insights Director Jakub Parusinski and Senior Political Analyst Anatoliy Oktysiuk as they unpack the biggest questions and risks facing Ukraine.

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• 16 Jan. Ukraine’s economy in 2025: https://ces.org.ua/en/events/ukraines-economy-in-2025/?mc_cid=c283b273d9&mc_eid=554f9f5ee7 

• 22 Jan. Ukraine’s Mobilization Crisis: challenges, needs, and implications for 2026: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2617662306153/WN_B6ZF25AnTz6PtYPvsROzyA 

• 31 Jan. Field-Testing Day by EDTH Kyiv: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdB3avO1r3-NKytuIDaDDcaW3Afx1opgKdFvEvhW4rDJMwfAA/viewform 

• 17–19 Feb. NAHB International Builders’ Show 2026: https://registration.experientevent.com/ShowNHB261/?_gl=1*1tf1iah*_gcl_au*MTIxMTMwODkzNy4xNzY3OTUzMjU4*_ga*MTA2NTMwNzI5Mi4xNzY3OTUzMjU5*_ga_HLKM3NY6B2*czE3Njc5NTMyNTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njc5NTMyNjAkajU4JGwwJGgw 

• 19–20 Feb. Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2026: https://cyberforumkyiv.org/en