54 episodes

“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s national reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues.

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“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s national reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues.

    Ukraine has a mobilization problem

    Ukraine has a mobilization problem

    Season 2 Episode 14 is dedicated to Ukraine’s struggles with mobilization.
     
    Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell.
     
    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
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    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 32 min
    The legal question of genocide in Ukraine

    The legal question of genocide in Ukraine

    Season 2 Episode 13 is dedicated to whether Russian crimes in Ukraine amount to genocide.
     


    Masha Lavrova, filling in for host Anastasiia Lapatina, is joined by Danylo Mokryk – a reporter at the War Crimes Investigations unit.


     
    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
    Follow the the Kyiv Independent on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
     
    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 25 min
    Is Ukraine running out of air defense missiles?

    Is Ukraine running out of air defense missiles?

    Season 2 Episode 12 is dedicated to Ukraine's struggles with air defence, amid intensifying Russian missile attacks.
     
    Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by security expert Fabian Hoffmann, who is a doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo.
     
    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
    Follow the the Kyiv Independent on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
     
    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 29 min
    Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure

    Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure

    Season 2 Episode 11 is dedicated to Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure. 
    Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by security expert Marcel Plichta, who is a fellow at the Centre for Global Law and Governance at the University of St. Andrew’s and a former intelligence analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense.
     

    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
    Follow the the Kyiv Independent on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
     
    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 26 min
    Will Trump abandon Ukraine if he beats Biden in November?

    Will Trump abandon Ukraine if he beats Biden in November?

    Season 2 Episode 10 is dedicated to Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, and what another 4 years of Trump at the White House might mean for Ukraine. 


    Host Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent news editor Nate Ostiller.
     



    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
    Follow the the Kyiv Independent on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
     
    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 26 min
    How Ukraine downs Russian planes

    How Ukraine downs Russian planes

    Season 2 Episode 9 is dedicated to Ukraine's reported downing of more than a dozen Russian planes in just a month.  
    Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by John Hardie, Deputy Director of the Russia Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.


    "This Week in Ukraine" is also available on YouTube.
     
    Support the Kyiv Independent by becoming a member: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/
     
    Follow the the Kyiv Independent on X, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
     
    This episode was edited by Anthony Bartaway.

    • 17 min

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