Ukraine Russia War Talk

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The Ukraine-Russia War Podcast is a discussion of the most up to date and important strategic and geopolitical issues surrounding the war in Ukraine, with hosts Phillips O'Brien and Mykola Bielieskov.
You are welcome to get in touch by email at [email protected]. Listeners can follow Phillips O'Brien on Substack at phillipspobrien.substack.com (where this podcast is also available) and Mykola Bielieskov on Twitter at @MBielieskov.

Our plan is to keep this podcast free and without ads. We do ask, however, that if you want to support us, you consider making a donation to the Ukrainian charity Come Back Alive. You can find out more about them at: https://savelife.in.ua/en/

Sound editing by Zofia Guertin

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Episode 15: The Russian Kharkiv Offensive

May 21 2024 30 mins

We start by discussing the developments since May 10, when the Russian offensive towards Kharkiv commenced. We then move into the ranged campaign with Ukrainian attacks in Crimea and against Russian oil refineries. We also delve into (rather angrily) the US policy of forbidding Ukraine from using US-made systems to attack military targets in Russia. This is making the war longer, b

Episode 14:The Situation on the Front Line

May 02 2024 31 mins

Hello All, Mykola and Phil are back with the latest episode. In it we delve into the situation on the front line. There has been some amazingly pessimistic reporting from the front line over the last few weeks, and we try to put what is happening into perspective. The Russians are showing, even with massive fire advantage, the ability to make only small advances.Finally, we talk ab

Episode 13: US Aid is (finally) about to be approved.

Apr 20 2024 31 mins

Hello all, a week later than normal, Phillips and Mykola are back with our latest episode. For the first time in months, there (seems to be) good news about US aid being approved. We talk about what this means for Ukraine, and what the many months without aid have done. We then discuss the situation on the battlefield and the continuation of Ukraine's growing ranged campaign agains

Episode 12: Ukraine's Strategic Air War--which the US wants to stop

Mar 29 2024 33 mins

Mykola and Phillips are back with another instalment of the Ukraine-Russia War Talk Podcast. This episode starts with a detailed discussion of the Ukrainian strategic air campaign, particularly against Russian fuel. We then segway into a discussion of the US government (bizarrely) asking Ukraine to stop it. Then we move into a discussion of more changes at the top of the Ukrainian

Episode 11: Europe Seems to be Waking Up

Mar 16 2024 34 mins

Hello All. Mykola and Phillips are back with a new episode surveying what we think are the biggest stories in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. This week we start with a detailed discussion of the outside world, in particular focussing on the important change in tone coming from Europe over the last 2 weeks. President Macron seems to have had a conversion.Then we discuss two

Episode 10: Situation on the Battlefield with Ukraine on the defensive

Mar 02 2024 30 mins

Mykola and Phil start this podcast with a detailed discussion of the state of the battlefield with Ukraine on the defensive. We then discuss the air war with Ukraine shooting down a very large number of Russian jets. Finally, a discussion of the state of play when it comes to getting Ukraine the aid it needs--complete with a short rant by PhilAs always, this podcast is free and wit

Episode 9: Changes in Ukrainian Command, Avdiivka and Ukrainan Defense, Another Russian Warship Sunk

Feb 16 2024 31 mins

Phil and Mykola are back to go over the most important stories of the last two weeks. Its been extremely eventful, starting with President Zelensky's decision to remove General Zaluzhny from command and replace him with General Syrskyi. This has heralded a major shake-up throughout Ukrainian command. We also discuss the fighting around Avdiivka and Ukrainian defensive strategy. Wit

Episode 8: Command Crisis, the state of the war, Americans telling Ukraine what to do

Feb 03 2024 31 mins

Hello All, Mykola and Phillips are back with a discussion ranging around the most important stories in the Russo-Ukraine War over the last two weeks. We start with a detailed discussion of the political crisis over the command of Ukrainian forces which seems to be happening between President Zelensky and General Zaluzhny. Whatever happens, it would be good if this were resolved soo

Episode 7: The State of the Fighting, UK Defense Commitments to Ukraine, and Needles for a Porcupine.

Jan 19 2024 31 mins

Just released the latest episode from Mykola Bielieskov and myself of the Ukraine-Russia War Talk podcast. We range over three main stories in this episode. First, the status of the fighting including the Ukrainians shooting down of the A 50 and the course of Ukrainian Active Defense on the front line. Next we go into the UK defense commitments to Ukraine, what we think is importan

Episode 6: What are Russians and Ukrainians attacking? Ukrainian Strategy, Reporting

Jan 04 2024 33 mins

At the start of the episode we discuss Come Back Alive, and announce our plan to have a UAV operator who has worked with them to speak on the next episode (hopefully). Then we go over the stepped up Russian missile/UAV attacks on Ukraine, what are they doing and hoping to accomplish. As part of this we discuss Ukrainian life under these attacjs.We then contrast that with Ukrainian