Ukraine War Decoded with Viktor Kovalenko: Recent Episodes

Viktor Kovalenko

A Ukrainian-American journalist and Ukraine veteran talks about Ukraine, Russia, and security in Europe. This is a thought platform for foreign policy analysis and review of historical, political, cultural, and economic contexts. Donate to help with the production of future episodes: http://PayPal.me/MrKovalenko Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/viktor-kovalenko-podcast/support

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Sergiy Tomilenko, the president of the largest journalistic association – the Union of Journalists of Ukraine - joined Viktor Kovalenko to talk about press freedom, relations between media and the government of President Zelensky, issues with press accreditations for foreign journalists, and war-time media solidarity. // You can support this podcast by donating to Viktor's PayPal. // Sound from Zapsplat.com


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UKR: Голова Національної спілки журналістів України Сергій Томіленко розмовляє з автором подкасту Віктором Коваленком про те, як війна Росії проти України позначилася на медійниках та ЗМІ, що відбувається із безпекою журналістів, як визволити деяких медійників з полону та як підходити до вирішення етичних непорозумінь із тими, хто ще зовсім недавно просував кремлівські наративи.

ENG: This is the Ukrainian-language original podcast episode with Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. The English version is under #27b.

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Vladislav Davidzon, a writer, translator, and critic joins Viktor Kovalenko to discuss the cultural and political transformations in Ukraine during the ongoing Russian war.

We discussed the first days of the Russian invasion, his magazine the Odessa Review and his book From Odessa With Love, how he burned his Russian passport in front of the Russian Embassy in France, why some Russians aren't granted an asylum in the US, political legacy and Jewish roots of President Zelensky, the new documentary Superpower by Sean Penn, and what is wrong with the Oskar.

Mr. Davidzon is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Since 2012, he also serves as the European culture correspondent for Tablet Magazine. In 2015, Davidzon founded the Odessa Review and served as its chief editor until July 2018. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, World Policy Journal, the New York Observer, and the American Interest.

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Viktor Kovalenko's guest in this podcast episode is Peter Dickinson from Kyiv. He is a British national who lives in Ukraine for more than twenty years. He is a publisher of two local English-language magazines ‘Business Ukraine’ and ‘Lviv Today.’ Peter Dickinson also edits the political blog ‘Ukraine Alert’ which is published by the Atlantic Council, an American think tank. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com

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Brian Mefford, a managing director of a communications firm Wooden Horse Strategies LLC (Kyiv) and a senior nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center talks about his relief project Help Ukraine 22 Operation Palyanytsya and what Americans should know about modern Ukrainians. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com

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Adrian Karatnycky, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center (USA) talks about the Russian war, genocidal Putin's elites, a speech of President Zelensky in US Congress, and bi-partisan support of Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ukraine-decoded/support

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Brian Bonner, a former chief editor of The Kyiv Post newspaper in Ukraine talks about life in the war-torn country. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com

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David Stulik, a senior analyst in European Values Center for Security Policy think tank (Czech Republic) talks with Viktor Kovalenko about what do Europeans think on the Russian war against Ukraine and how they help Ukrainian refugees. For 12 years, David Stulík worked as the Press and Information Officer at the EU Delegation in Kyiv, Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Dr. Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (USA) and professor at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) discusses with a journalist Viktor Kovalenko his ideas on how to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table in the middle of the war. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Dr. Steven Seegel, a Slavic and Eurasian Studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), talks with journalist Viktor Kovalenko about his February 24th Archive, a social media project exploring the Russian war and about what the US academia does and could do to support Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Dr. J Andres Gannon, a Stanton nuclear security fellow from the Council on Foreign Relations (New York city, USA) talks about the Russian nuclear threats, a game of brinkmanship, and occupation of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Ian Kelly, a former US Ambassador to Georgia and OSCE, and currently an Ambassador in Residence at Northwestern University (Illinois) talks about unexpected Putin's war against Ukraine, why the West didn't help Kyiv in 2014, Ukraine's NATO aspirations, a disputed Nagorno Karabakh region, and perspectives of support of Ukraine after November general elections. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Mart Kuldkepp, an Estonian historian and Scandinavianist from University College London (UK) talks about Sweden, Finland, and Estonia in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine and legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Baltic countries. / Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Petro Burkovskyy, an executive director of the Ilko Kucheriv's Democratic Initiatives foundation (Kyiv, Ukraine) talks about Ukrainian resistance, recent sociological surveys, and informational war. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Dr. Cüneyt Gürer, a professor from George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies talks about interests and behavior of Turkey during the Russia-Ukraine war. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Sound from Zapsplat.com


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A prominent German historian, Dr. Jan Claas Behrends talks about Germany and its relations with Russia and Ukraine. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor Kovalenko on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com    


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Olexander Scherba, a career Ukrainian diplomat explanes policy mistakes of the West regarding Ukraine. He is on Twitter as @Olex_Scherba -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Alexander Lanoszka, an assistant professor of International Relations at the University of Waterloo (Canada) talks about the military alliances formed around Ukraine and Russia. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Brian Porter-Szűcs, a history professor at the University of Michigan (US) talks about Poland and how this neighbor helps Ukraine during the war. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Eugene Bondarenko, a lecturer in the Ukrainian language at the University of Michigan (US) talks about cultural resistance of Ukraine against Russia. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com 


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A British energy expert Dr. Lawrence Haar from the University of Brighton (UK) talks about the western sanctions on Russian oil and gas. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) talks about what Russia does on the occupied territories in Ukraine since 2014. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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Dr. Natalya Chernyshova, a Sr. lecturer in history at the University of Winchester (UK) talks about the role of Belarus in the Russian war against Ukraine. -- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow Viktor on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com


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The wartime story of the Ukrainian Snake Island in the Black Sea beginning from its capture in February 2022 till the Russians left it in June 2022. -- Support this podcast by donating to Viktor's PayPal. Follow him on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com  


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Alexander Motyl, Ph. D. and professor of Pol. Sci. from Rutgers University, NJ talks about tectonic geopolitical shifts after Putin's Russia launched the war against Ukraine in 2022. --- Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko. Follow him on Twitter at @MrKovalenko and visit his blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com 


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Adrian Bonenberger is a US Army veteran and author of books “Afghan Post” and “The Disappointed Soldier.” He spent some time in Ukraine after the first Russian invasion in 2015. He is on Twitter as @AdrianBonenber1 -- Support this podcast by donating to Viktor Kovalenko's PayPal. (Sound from Zapsplat.com)


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A retired Col. of the Ukrainian Security Service Mykhailo Prytula describes what modern weapons from the US Ukraine needs. -- Support this podcast by donating to Viktor Kovalenko's PayPal. (Sound from Zapsplat.com)


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Chuck Pfarrer, a former US Navy SEAL and bestselling author discusses the recent developments in the war in Ukraine. He is on Twitter as @ChuckPfarrer. -- Support this podcast by donating to Viktor Kovalenko's PayPal. (Sound from Zapsplat.com) 


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A former journalist, editor, and Ukraine Army veteran officer Viktor Kovalenko is launching his new podcast to tell the Western audience about the Russian war against Ukraine. -- Suport this podcast by donating to my PayPal. My Twitter: @MrKovalenko. My blog. -- Sound from Zapsplat.com    


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