Ukraine Without Hype

The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States puts Ukraine in an extremely perilous position as members of the incoming administration have threatened to cut off aid.

We ask:

01:06 - What were the Election results?

05:31 - How can we analyze the election?

21:20 - Who are the initial Trump appointments and what do they mean for Ukraine?

43:31 - How will Trump's non-Ukraine policy effect Ukrainians?

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00:01:25 - Announcements

00:08:36 - The release of Maxim Butkevych and the murder of Victoria Roshchyna

00:14:21 - Combat Update: Tough situation in southern Donetsk Oblast and near Kupyansk

00:23:37 - The assassination of a Russian war criminal

00:25:34 - The "Kherson Safari"

00:31:19 - Russia poisoned the Desna River

00:34:58 - The Ukrainian Victory Plan

00:45:31 - North Korean soldiers join the Russian war on Ukraine

00:52:16 - Poland makes demands on historical memory issues for Ukrainian EU ascension

00:58:39 - Russia attacks Moldovan democracy in close election

1:05:47 - The Georgian government rigs its elections, and protests resume from the opposition to the "Russian law"

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02:40 - Update on combat situation and Russian long-range strikes on Sumy and Izmail.

08:36 - Putin loosens Russian nuclear first-strike policy, but it is really all bluster meant for propaganda purposes

24:34 - The crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is being sent to storm units

28:35 - President Zelesnky thanks American workers for supporting Ukraine, which turns out to be extremely controversial

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01:18 - Brief Combat Update

04:59 - Ukraine destroys large Russian arms depot in Tver region

08:45 - Further information about the extensive Russian misinformation campaign across many countries

14:21 - Russia attempts a coup in Armenia

16:08 - The Georgian government slips further into the Russian sphere with anti-LGBT law and a plausibly related murder.

21:20—We interview Yasmin Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, a UNICEF-connected Fund that supports schools in Ukraine. We talk about the need for physically safe places, distance learning, and accounting for the psychological toll that war takes on children.

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1:03 - Announcement: Cash program by the Norwegian Refugee Council

2:23 - Obituaries for Journalist David Knowles and ZSU soldier Matityahu Samborsky, son of Ukrainian Chief Rabbi

4:23 - Combat Update: Dynamic situation on multiple parts of the front line from Kursk to Vuhledar

9:48 - Russians continue a protracted series of missile and drone attacks throughout the country, including damaging a Crimean Tatar mosque in Kyiv. Ukraine needs the ability to strike at launch sites.

20:39 - Ukraine does a shakeup of a large number of Ministerial and other government positions

29:52 - DoJ uncovers how Russia Today funded right-wing media outlet Tennet Media, with more updates to come

45:56 - The Russian documentary "Russians at War" draws heavy criticism from Ukrainian observers (and us), while showing how Russian propaganda can work its way into western outlets.

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00:00:29 - Russia launches another massive missile strike targetting civilians, energy infrastructure, and journalists

00:07:16 - Russia systemically destroys the physical heritage of Huliaipole, the center of the Civil War-era Free Territory of Nestor Makhno

00:14:32 - Battlefield Update

00:19:19 - Misinformation Case Study: Imane Khelif

00:40:33 - Misinformation Case Study: UK Far-Right Riots

00:47:33 - How a case of misinformation develops

1:03:33 - What are the causes of misinformation, and how do we fix them?

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00:01:16 - Ukraine Rugby 7s tournament

5:04 - The ongoing Battle for Pokrovsk, evacuations underway

13:23 - The murder of New York

20:09.993 - Ukraine establishes an occupation authority for Russia's Kursk region

38:41.083 - An update on the Nordstream sabotage investigation

58:27.513 - Ukraine ratifies the Rome Statute

1:00:32.892 - Ukraine passes a law banning Russian religious organizations. No, it did not "ban Christianity."

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03:18 - Ukraine has carried out numerous strikes and special forces raids on Russian defense infrastructure

8:34 - On August 6, Ukraine launched an invasion of the Kursk region of Russia and has made continuous progress ever since.

19:02 - We analyze some questions raised by the invasion, such as the lack of organizing by local Russians to either resist the invasion or support each other.

46:05 - Other parts of the front are more challenging, with New York close to falling.

48:49 - Ukraine had a small but successful showing at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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01:11 - A prisoner swap between the US and Russia trades political prisoners in Russian cells for Russian spies and assassins.

22:14 - Battlefield Update: Deterioration of the Pokrovks front

25:17 - Ukraine might have maybe possibly aided in an ambush of Wagner forces in Mali. Allegedly.

29:30 - F16s finally arrive in Ukraine

32:00 - Ukrainian politician Iryan Farion assassinated

36:20 - Ukraine shuts off Russian Lukoil deliveries to Hungary

39:00 - Georgian security services make big (unsubstantiated) allegations against the Georgian Legion

42:42 - Russia severely damages archeological site in Crimea

46:43 - Russian sociologists do an in-depth study of Russian feelings about the war

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01:17 - Combat Updates

08:42 - The GOP's plan to replace the administrative state

00:22:11 - The Republican National Convention

00:27:20 - The disturbing background of JD Vance and the Thiel network

00:48:16 - Hillbilly Elegy and Vance's opportunism

01:01:33 - Senator Vance and the far-right

01:12:18 - President Biden steps down from the race for VP Kamala Harris

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