We take a deep dive into the baffling attempt at a peace process that Trump made in the middle of October, which was dead by the end of October. What was the context, how did it play out, and what factors in the administration led it to play out the way it did?
01:41 - Trump wants his Nobel Peace Prize
04:40 - Summary of the Trump "peace process" so far
17:18 - How did the October "peace process" occur?
27:22 - The US implements sanctions on Russian fossil fuels - an optimistic and pessimistic analysis
34:58 - Examining "WhiteHouseology"
44:09 - The EU makes its own peace plan
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In this episode...
03:47 - Full coverage of the ongoing situation on the Front
18:15 - Russian war crimes, including attacking the UN and killing journalists
27:07 - Russia flying drones around EU cities
30:45 - Hungary flies a drone into Ukraine, Orban repeats the Russian view on Ukrainian sovereignty.
34:28 - Russia attacks Ukrainian power grid, likely to have a winter of outages
37:33 - Odesa gangster mayor Gennadiy Trukhov stripped of citizenship for being a Russian citizen, with controversy
45:11 - Election News - Elections in Moldova and Czechia have an opposite outlook for Ukraine, Georgia local elections show more protests, Estonian ones have a change in citizenship laws, and Reform UK has Russian corruption scandal
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Radio Free America is the sister podcast to Ukraine Without Hype. Here is the latest episode, and we invite you to subscribe to its own feed.
Radio Free America breaks down and critiques some of the top headlines from America's most reputable outlets. This week, we look at:
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In our new mini-series, The Polycrisis, we will delve into the interconnected crises engulfing the world, from the collapse of the "international community" to disinformation to environmental issues.
In episode 1, we examine the rise in the number of wars worldwide.Note: I accidentally refer to the Rapid Support Force in Sudan as the Rapid Response Force.
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All maps are from liveuamap.com except for Myanmar, which is from Thomas van Linge
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In this episode...
02:08 - Counterattacks tighten around Russians assaulting Dobropilia
07:25 - Russia sends attack drones after Poland
10:52 - Russia's Zapad 2025 exercises do not amount to much, but remind us how their predecessor in 2021 set up the invasion of Ukraine
16:10 - Dmitriy Kozak, the sole pragmatist in Putin's inner circle, resigns
22:33 - Recent diplomatic wins by Ukraine
26:43 - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization builds ties between Russia, China, and India, but still does not produce new global governance
35:31 - A Ukrainian refugee in America was murdered and had her death appropriated
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In this episode...
3:21 - Former Parliament Chairman Andriy Parubiy assassinated
7:48 - Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills relative of UWH co-host
10:21 - Battlefield Update: Pokrovsk stabilizes while Kupiansk is under critical threat
13:29 - Former mayor of Kherson released from Russian captivity
17:32 - The aftermath of the Alaska meeting and other American shenanigans
27:46 - New long-range missiles added to the Ukrainian toolkit
29:59 - Water Crisis in occupied Donbas
35:45 - Hungary launches new grievance campaign after Ukraine targets Russia's Druzhba pipeline
43:20 - There seems to be a gradual crackdown on some illegal constructions in Kyiv
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In this episode...
01:28 - Donald Trump hosts Vladimir Putin in Alaska
15:17 - Azerbaijan and Armenia reach a yet-to-be-adopted peace agreement
34:54 - The Ukrainian government backs down from the law that stripped anti-corruption agencies of autonomy following protests
45:05 - Battlefield updates: Russian breakthrough in Pokrovsk sector defeated
55:55 - The death of anarchist soldier David Chichkan and the final burial of journalist Victoria Roshchyna
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In this episode...
02:25 - Battlefield Updates - Battle of Pokrovsk entering critical phase
11:12 - Assassination in Ukraine tied to American neo-Nazis
18:42 - New report on the Olenivka massacre
20:56 - Crimean Tatar arrested in France on behalf of Russia
24:50 - The US might be returning to aid for Ukraine, though with a lot of caveats
36:38 - Beginning of recognition of same-sex marriage in Ukraine
40:32 - Most of the Ukrainian cabinet has been changed or shuffled around, including the Prime Minister
51:14 - Protests against a law that would remove the independence of anti-corruption agencies
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Hungary has become both a thorn in the side of Ukraine and a key part of an international conservative project. In this episode, we delve into the history of this arrangement and the political theory behind Orbanism and its enmity with the Open Society.
00:01:05 - Hungarian History 101
00:09:07 - George Soros and the Open Society
00:25:17 - The political rise of Viktor Orban
00:39:28 - What is an "Illiberal Democracy"
00:56:07 - Hungary as an internationalist conservative project
01:17:36 - Hungary's hostile relationship with Ukraine
01:21:00 - The future of Hungarian democracy
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In this episode...
03:22 - Updates from summer in Kyiv
08:06 - Developments in Russia's summer offensive
16:40 - Latest attacks on Kyiv show increased use of drones
24:05 - Prisoner exchanges show new Russian crimes
28:40 - Reforms to allow multiple citizenships in Ukraine
34:25 - Mixed signals before next NATO summit
37:10 - Operation Spiderweb destroys much of Russia's bomber fleet and rehabilitates the Security Services of Ukraine
47:47 - War with Iran creates new instabilities that may affect Ukraine
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Eighty years since the end of World War II, we can look back at how we continue to make the same mistakes. And how the ways we choose to remember it are always reflections of how we see ourselves in the present, for good or bad.
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In this episode...
02:29 - The Russian Spring Offensive is showing its new priorities
10:05 - Zelensky goes to Turkey for Russia to put on a production of diplomatic theater
24:16 - Pope Leo XIV showing himself to be a friend of Ukraine
30:06 - US Ambassador to Ukraine resigns in protest over Trump policy
34:03 - Orban government in Hungary grows increasingly hostile as their designs on the Zakarapatia region become public
45:25 - Romanian presidential elections come in with a victory for the pro-Ukraine candidate over the pro-Russia one
54:30 - Eurovision song contest 2025
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In this episode...
02:55 - Getting ready for the Spring offensives
10:00 - A string of devastating Russian missile strikes, especially in Sumy and Kyiv
15:46 - Along with a prisoner exchange, Russia also returns the tortured remains of the Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna
18:51 - Chinese volunteers fighting for Russia, but so was the son of a high-ranking CIA official
28:14 - America, Europe, and Russia present their peace plan proposals
41:23 - We don't need to get so excited every time an American conservative says something nice about Ukraine
56:43 - Remembering the mixed legacy of Pope Francis
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In this episode...
00:03:35 - Combat Update: Ukrainian withdrawal in Kusk, current Russian offensive over
00:14:05 - Weeks-long Russian missile and drone barrage hits close to home
00:21:15 - Every ceasefire talk you have been hearing about has been complete bunk
00:37:58 - Russia plans expulsion of Ukrainians from occupied territory
00:43:07 - Trump ends RFE/RL, we talk about its background and impact
00:56:17 - Trump cancels programs investigating Russian war crimes, including finding kidnapped children
01:04:00 - Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute loses grant to fund translations of Ukrainian literature
01:06:00 - Protests against autocracy and corruption in Serbia, Georgia, Turkey, and Hungary.
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In this episode...
01:10 - The infamous meeting between Zelenskyy, Trump, and Vance
12:37 - Europe forced to set its own path without America
21:54 - Officials try to patch the US-Ukraine relationship, but Trump will not have it
25:25 - The US ends military aid to Ukraine
32:02 - And also intelligence sharing
41:37 - The US is dropping every defense it has against Russia: military, intelligence, and law enforcement
44:43 - Trump deporting Ukrainian refugees
47:20 - Trump planning to replace the Ukrainian government
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Within only a month, the second Trump administration has embarked on an aggressive campaign to remake the shape of both the American political system, and the global one. Both for the worse. This episode is a soft launch of a new project on American news: Radio Free America.
00:02:12 - Ending foreign aid
00:09:43 - Dismantling the federal government
00:38:10 - Turning allies into enemies
00:52:18 - Extorting Ukraine
01:13:08 - The Global Realignment
01:15:26 - What to do now
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In this episode, we avoid the elephant in the room to discuss everything else...
00:00:20 - Announcements
00:03:02 - Combat Updates for the last month+
00:13:48 - Russia missile strikes, including on downtown Odesa and an old workplace of mine
00:19:05 - Assassinations and attempts
00:21:39 - Mobilization scandals, how to fix them, and how Russia is taking advantage
00:30:09 - Russia shoots down Azerbaijani airliner
00:34:42 - The political shockwaves of Ukraine ending Russian pipeline transit
00:43:47 - Other Updates on Georgia, Serbia, and Syria
00:50:39 - Ukraine recognizes the Circassian Genocide
01:03:30 - Oleksandr Usyk defends his titles and Ukraine chooses is Eurovision candidate
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Our 100th Episode. A big milestone for us. We are grateful to all of our listeners who followed us on our journey here. Our anniversary episode is doubling up as the New Year Episode, welcoming 2025 as we look back on 2024.
00:01:11 - Checking in on the hosts
00:04:11 - The State of the Podcast
00:15:14 - 2024 Year in Review
00:45:45 - The big themes of 2024
01:02:16 - Predictions for 2025
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History has been used and misused in many ways as part of the Russo-Ukraine War. Russia has justified its aggression through bizarre appeals to medieval Princes. Ukrainian units name themselves for Scythians and Cossacks. We run through an overview of Ukrainian history and pre-history.
00:02:40 - The Proto-Indo-Europeans through the Greeks
00:17:24 - Turks and Slavs
00:23:58 - Kyivan Rus
00:38:57 - Ukraine after the Mongols
00:44:22 - The rise of the Cossacks
00:56:49 - From Khmelnytsky to Mazepa
01:08:39 - Poland and Ukraine fall together
01:15:08 - The Long 19th Century
01:25:53 - Between World Wars
01:38:16 - The post-Stalin Soviet Union
01:44:19 - Ukrainian Independence
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In this episode...
00:01:24 - Combat Update
00:08:27 - Ukraine does two high-profile assassinations of Russian officers. The Jailor of Olenivka and the General of Conspiracy Theorists
00:21:19 - Russian shipwrecks show the dangers of their off-the-books "shadow fleet"
00:27:39 - US pressures Ukraine to lower mobilization age, which Ukraine rejects
00:43:52 - Ukraine is moving forward with legislation that would allow multiple citizenships
00:54:39 - Updates on Romanian elections controversy
01:04:17 - Update on Georgian protests
01:10:58 - The Syrian Civil War comes to a close as Assad flees for Moscow
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