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 podcas…

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 недавн…

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 Russia…

Peter Dickinson, the Kyiv-based British publisher of the English-language news magazine and website Business Ukraine joins this episode. We talked about what’s important to understand as we approach the one-year mark of Russia's Ukraine invasion. Peter described daily life in the war-torn country and how Ukrainians got used to the war. He answered …

In this episode, my guest was Brian Mefford, a US expat from Kyiv who lives and works there for almost 23 years. We talked about Brian’s life and business during the Russian war against Ukraine, his relief project Help Ukraine 22 Operation Palyanytsya for those affected by the war, and what the Americans should understand about the modern Ukrainian…

Adrian Karatnycky, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center (USA) joins this podcast episode. As the Russian war approaches the year mark, we discussed the major positive outcomes for Ukraine due to its heroic resistance. Mr. Karatnycky explained why the Russian elites are so hateful and genocidal in pursuing their occ…

The guest of this episode is Brian Bonner, a former chief editor of the Kyiv Post, the English-language weekly newspaper in Ukraine. He is an American national from Minnesota who resides in Kyiv since the end of the 90s. It was a pure luck to interview Mr. Bonner between electricity outages in the Ukrainian capital city caused by the Russian missil…

In this podcast episode David Stulik, a senior analyst in European Values Center for Security Policy think tank (Czech Republic) and a former diplomat of the European Union in Ukraine talks with Viktor Kovalenko about what Europeans think about the Russian war against Ukraine. For twelve years, Mr. Stulík served in Kyiv as the press and information…

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 …

Dr. Steven Seegel, a Slavic and Eurasian Studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), talks with a 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/MrKoval…

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--- Support this podcast: https:…

Ian Kelly, a former US Ambassador to OSCE and Georgia, and currently an Ambassador in Residence at Northwestern University (Illinois) talks about unexpected Russian war against Ukraine, why the West didn't help Kyiv in 2014, Ukraine's NATO aspirations, a disputed Nagorny Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and perspectives of Ukraine's …

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. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast…

Petro Burkovskyy, an executive director of the Ilko Kucheriv's Democratic Initiatives Foundation (Ukraine) talks about Ukrainian resistance, recent sociological surveys, and informational war. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukrain…

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

A 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 / Sound from Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support

Olexander Scherba, a former Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria and a political speechwriter explains the policy mistakes of the western countries regarding Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Dr. Alexander Lanoszka from Canada explains defensive alliances around Russia and Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko Sound from Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support

Brian Porter-Szűcs, a history professor at the University of Michigan (US) talks about Poland and how this neighbor helps Ukraine during the war with Russia. / / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Eugene Bondarenko, a lecturer in the Ukrainian language at the University of Michigan (US) talks about Ukrainian cultural resistance in times of the war against Russia. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

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 / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Jaroslava Barbieri, a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK) talks about what Russia does on the occupied territories in Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Dr. Natalya Chernyshova, a senior 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 / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

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 PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Dr. Alexander Motyl, a Pol. Sci. professor and a historian from Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA) talks about tectonic geopolitical shifts caused by the Russian war against Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decod…

Adrian Bonenberger, a US Army veteran and an author talks about the Russian war against Ukraine and what do Americans think about it. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

A Ukrainian military expert, a retired Col. of the Ukrainian Security Service Mykhailo Prytula describes what western weapons Ukraine needs. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support…

Chuck Pfarrer, a former US Navy SEAL and bestselling author discusses the recent developments in the war in Ukraine. / Support this podcast by donating to PayPal.me/MrKovalenko / Sound from Zapsplat.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukraine-decoded/support