Ukraine Without Hype

2025 was a year of cyclical news stories in Ukraine, often built on the fluctuating whims of one man in Washington, DC. In this episode, we look at the main lessons we can take away from 2025 and the chaos we live in. We will review key battles, changes in how the war is being fought, the "return of politics" in Kyiv, the shifting state of Russia, and a Europe facing questions of realignment.

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As the Russian army destroys Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, I wanted to tell the story of one of the most fascinating towns in Ukraine as this chapter of it comes to a close. It is most famous as the home of Anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno. Its people will work to keep its memory alive from exile.

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The Trump Administration has released its official National Security Strategy, and it is a bombshell. There is increased aggression in the Western Hemisphere, promotion of the far-right in Europe, and economic competition in Asia.

00:07:33 - Preambles and Introductions

00:21:16 - What does America want?

00:31:02 - Principles and values

00:42:44 - The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

00:53:31 - Asia

00:59:25 - Boosting the far-right in Europe

01:13:19 - The Middle East and Africa

01:18:46 - Conclusions

Zaluzhniy Article

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf

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The DimWit Pact, pushed by the United States, has evolved over the past weeks but remains a significant threat to Ukraine. At home, Andriy Yermak's resignation raises questions about political reform.

00:01:34 - Battlefield Updates - Ukrainian Counter-offensive in Kupyansk

00:17:13 - The American-packed "peace plan" demands more from Ukraine and less from Russia

00:43:29 - Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak resigns in a corruption scandal

00:54:39 - Article by former Commander in Chief Valeriy Zaluzhniy raises difficult questions over preparedness for war and how to have peace

1:09:23.301 - Europe is struggling over seizing Russian assets

Zaluzhniy Article

https://www.liga.net/en/politics/opinion/politics-and-war-reality-vs-expectations

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Shedryk (Leopolis Trio)

Three major crises beset Ukraine. The approaching end of the Battle of Pokrovsk is prompting greater demands for military reform. A corruption scandal in the energy sector rocks Bankova. The Trump administration smells weakness and presents an ultimatum.

3:02 - As the Battle of Pokrovks reaches its terminus and the Battle of Huliapole comes closer, military commentators make increasing demands for reform.

16:52 - Major corruption scandal in the nuclear power industry

29:47 - Who has been named in the scandal so far?

38:47 - What has been the reaction from the government and civil society thus far?

48:03 - These crises must be resolved.

50:24 - The United States is reportedly making its ultimatums to Ukraine to surrender.

57:05 - Other recent news.

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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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https://youtu.be/JiOtGB5WAdw

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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.

Credits

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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrWzxAXb0QA

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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

Link

https://english.nv.ua/podcasts-video/first-night-of-protest-against-anti-corruption-bill-50531794.html

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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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Eighty years after the end of World War II, we can reflect on 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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Music Shchedryk - Carol of the Bells (Traditional)

In this episode...

01:41 - I guess we have to talk about Joe Rogan

12:51 - Combat updates

18:21 - Russia does yet another nuclear bluff

26:08 - Trying to work around the Trump "peace plan"

31:27 - Romania coming close to electing a Russia-backed conspiracy theorist blowhard for President.

38:44 - Georgian government cracks down on ever-growing protests

48:36 - Shocking developments in Syria demonstrate Russia's growing inability to project power

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The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States puts Ukraine in an extremely perilous position as members of the incoming administration have threatened to cut off aid.

We ask:

01:06 - What were the Election results?

05:31 - How can we analyze the election?

21:20 - Who are the initial Trump appointments and what do they mean for Ukraine?

43:31 - How will Trump's non-Ukraine policy effect Ukrainians?

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In this episode...

00:01:25 - Announcements

00:08:36 - The release of Maxim Butkevych and the murder of Victoria Roshchyna

00:14:21 - Combat Update: Tough situation in southern Donetsk Oblast and near Kupyansk

00:23:37 - The assassination of a Russian war criminal

00:25:34 - The "Kherson Safari"

00:31:19 - Russia poisoned the Desna River

00:34:58 - The Ukrainian Victory Plan

00:45:31 - North Korean soldiers join the Russian war on Ukraine

00:52:16 - Poland makes demands on historical memory issues for Ukrainian EU ascension

00:58:39 - Russia attacks Moldovan democracy in close election

1:05:47 - The Georgian government rigs its elections, and protests resume from the opposition to the "Russian law"

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In this episode...

02:40 - Update on combat situation and Russian long-range strikes on Sumy and Izmail.

08:36 - Putin loosens Russian nuclear first-strike policy, but it is really all bluster meant for propaganda purposes

24:34 - The crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is being sent to storm units

28:35 - President Zelesnky thanks American workers for supporting Ukraine, which turns out to be extremely controversial

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https://extension.psu.edu/impacts-of-the-war-in-ukraine-on-the-people-and-environment

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In this episode...

01:18 - Brief Combat Update

04:59 - Ukraine destroys large Russian arms depot in Tver region

08:45 - Further information about the extensive Russian misinformation campaign across many countries

14:21 - Russia attempts a coup in Armenia

16:08 - The Georgian government slips further into the Russian sphere with anti-LGBT law and a plausibly related murder.

21:20—We interview Yasmin Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, a UNICEF-connected Fund that supports schools in Ukraine. We talk about the need for physically safe places, distance learning, and accounting for the psychological toll that war takes on children.

Link

https://www.educationcannotwait.org/

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In this episode...

1:03 - Announcement: Cash program by the Norwegian Refugee Council

2:23 - Obituaries for Journalist David Knowles and ZSU soldier Matityahu Samborsky, son of Ukrainian Chief Rabbi

4:23 - Combat Update: Dynamic situation on multiple parts of the front line from Kursk to Vuhledar

9:48 - Russians continue a protracted series of missile and drone attacks throughout the country, including damaging a Crimean Tatar mosque in Kyiv. Ukraine needs the ability to strike at launch sites.

20:39 - Ukraine does a shakeup of a large number of Ministerial and other government positions

29:52 - DoJ uncovers how Russia Today funded right-wing media outlet Tennet Media, with more updates to come

45:56 - The Russian documentary "Russians at War" draws heavy criticism from Ukrainian observers (and us), while showing how Russian propaganda can work its way into western outlets.

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In this episode...

00:00:29 - Russia launches another massive missile strike targetting civilians, energy infrastructure, and journalists

00:07:16 - Russia systemically destroys the physical heritage of Huliaipole, the center of the Civil War-era Free Territory of Nestor Makhno

00:14:32 - Battlefield Update

00:19:19 - Misinformation Case Study: Imane Khelif

00:40:33 - Misinformation Case Study: UK Far-Right Riots

00:47:33 - How a case of misinformation develops

1:03:33 - What are the causes of misinformation, and how do we fix them?

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In this episode...

00:01:16 - Ukraine Rugby 7s tournament

5:04 - The ongoing Battle for Pokrovsk, evacuations underway

13:23 - The murder of New York

20:09.993 - Ukraine establishes an occupation authority for Russia's Kursk region

38:41.083 - An update on the Nordstream sabotage investigation

58:27.513 - Ukraine ratifies the Rome Statute

1:00:32.892 - Ukraine passes a law banning Russian religious organizations. No, it did not "ban Christianity."

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In this episode...

03:18 - Ukraine has carried out numerous strikes and special forces raids on Russian defense infrastructure

8:34 - On August 6, Ukraine launched an invasion of the Kursk region of Russia and has made continuous progress ever since.

19:02 - We analyze some questions raised by the invasion, such as the lack of organizing by local Russians to either resist the invasion or support each other.

46:05 - Other parts of the front are more challenging, with New York close to falling.

48:49 - Ukraine had a small but successful showing at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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