How Russia can be defeated - with Lesia Ogryzko

About this episode

The episode discusses Ukraine's military advancements and the potential for victory over Russia in the ongoing conflict.

In recent months, Ukrainian deep strikes into Russia have outnumbered Russian strikes on Ukraine. Ukraine has managed to build its military capacities practically from scratch, while Russia has made very little technological progress since 2022. Furthermore, Russia is losing more and more people on the frontline, even as the pace of its advance slows down. Does this mean Ukraine can win the war? *** This is the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine. Guest: Lesia Ogryzko, a Ukrainian expert in international relations and security, the co-founder and director of the Sahaidachnyi Security Centre, a Ukrainian think tank. She is also the head of the reforms support office of Ukraine’s defence ministry. Sahaidachnyi Security Centre: https://sahasec.org *** Explaining Ukraine is produced by UkraineWorld and brought to you by Internews Ukraine. This episode is also produced in cooperation with Politeia, a Ukrainian NGO. *** Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine UkraineWorld: https://ukraineworld.org/en *** SUPPORT: You can support our work on…

People in this episode

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko

Guest: Lesia Ogryzko

Topics covered

• military strategy
• Ukraine-Russia conflict
• international relations
• security
• defense
• technological progress

Keywords

• Ukraine
• Russia
• military
• defense
• Lesia Ogryzko
• Volodymyr Yermolenko
• international relations
• security
• Sahaidachnyi Security Centre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UkraineWorld, Sahaidachnyi Security Centre, Internews Ukraine, Politeia

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