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Ukraine Without Hype

Ukraine Without Hype

Ukraine-based journalists Romeo Kokriatski and Anthony Bartaway discuss the biggest stories from Ukraine, and the region - all in English.

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01:25:32

102: The First Month of Trump and Ukraine

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2025/02/22

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 aid00:09:43 - Dismantling the federal government00:38:10 - Turning allies into enemies00:52:18 - Extorting Ukraine01:13:08 - The Global Realignment01:15:26 - What to do nowTwitterAnthony: @BartawayRomeo:

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01:10:58

101: All the News That Isn't Trump

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2025/02/12

In this episode, we avoid the elephant in the room to discuss everything else...00:00:20 - Announcements00:03:02 - Combat Updates for the last month+00:13:48 - Russia missile strikes, including on downtown Odesa and an old workplace of mine00:19:05 - Assassinations and attempts00:21:39 - Mobilization scandals, how to fix them, and how Russia is taking advantage00:30:09 - Russia shoots down Azerbaijani airliner00:34:42 - The political shockwaves of Ukraine ending Russian pipeline transit00:43:47 -

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01:19:40

Episode 100: New Year, New Hundred

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2025/01/25

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 Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @VagrantJourno Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Other Social

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01:56:49

99: Ukrainian History 101

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2025/01/08

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

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01:29:42

98: Russia's Conspiracy Theory General

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/12/19

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

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01:05:27

97: The Georgian Euromaidan Begins

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/12/04

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 Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo:

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01:02:28

96: The Election of Donald Trump and Ukraine

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/11/18

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? Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @VagrantJourno Ukraine Without Hype:

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01:15:46

95: The October News Roundup

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/10/29

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

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00:44:21

94: Russia's Nuclear Bluster

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/09/28

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

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00:57:44

93: Supporting Education in Wartime w/ Yasmine Sherif

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/09/19

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

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00:59:34

92: A Misinformation-Rich Environment

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/09/15

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

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01:37:22

91: The Anatomy of Misinformation

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/08/31

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

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01:11:35

90: The Kursk Occupation Authority

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/08/23

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." Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo:

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00:56:47

89: Ukraine's Invasion of Russia

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/08/15

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

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00:58:16

88: Exchange Frees Russian Political Prisoners

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/08/02

In this episode...01:11 - A prisoner swap between the US and Russia trades political prisoners in Russian cells for Russian spies and assassins. 22:14 - Battlefield Update: Deterioration of the Pokrovks front 25:17 - Ukraine might have maybe possibly aided in an ambush of Wagner forces in Mali. Allegedly. 29:30 - F16s finally arrive in Ukraine 32:00 - Ukrainian politician Iryan Farion assassinated 36:20 - Ukraine shuts off Russian Lukoil deliveries to Hungary 39:00 - Georgian security services make

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01:21:33

87: JD Vance, the Far-Right, and Ukraine

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/07/26

In this episode...01:17 - Combat Updates 08:42 - The GOP's plan to replace the administrative state 00:22:11 - The Republican National Convention 00:27:20 - The disturbing background of JD Vance and the Thiel network 00:48:16 - Hillbilly Elegy and Vance's opportunism 01:01:33 - Senator Vance and the far-right 01:12:18 - President Biden steps down from the race for VP Kamala Harris Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @RomeoKokriatski Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Other Social

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01:04:17

86: Russia Targeted a Children's Hospital

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/07/18

In this episode...02:00 - A heat wave combines with power outages to make a difficult mid-summer 06:54 - Massive Russian missile strike kills dozens of people across the country and destroys Ukraine's premier children's hospital. 34:44 - Combat update: New York in critical danger 38:15 - A prisoner swap frees a Crimean Tatar community leader, among others 41:47 - Last month's attacks in Dagestan rip open lingering civil strife 50:16 - Hungarian President Orban makes extreme demands of

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01:20:47

85 - Your Questions, Our Answers

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/06/30

In this episode...We took some downtime from the headlines to ask our supporters what questions they have for us about Ukraine, the war, or anything. We get back into the old Putin succession question, what podcasts are good or bad, and some takes on food. These are our responses. Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @RomeoKokriatski Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Other Social

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00:55:49

84 - The Month of Many Diplomatic Summits

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/06/21

In this episode...01:34 - A pretty eventful two weeks in Kyiv of the Book Arsenal, FanCon, and Kyiv Pride 10:00 - Combat update: Dangers to Donbas logistics, tide turned in Kharkiv region 15:45 - On the G7 Summit 20:20 - On the Ukraine Recovery Conference 31:55 - On the Summit on Peace in Ukraine 42:05 - Russia's reactions and diplomatic maneuvers 45:23 - On an upcoming NATO summit 47:14 - EU Parliament Election Results 49:05 - Armenia announces it is leaving Russian security

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01:02:34

83 - The Failures of the DC Wonks and Geneva...

Ukraine Without Hype ·

2024/06/08

In this episode...01:19 - No end in sight to electricity outages, even by winter 4:05 - Battlefield Update: Foreign partners loosen restrictions on using weapons against Russia, improving the situation on the front 13:50 - Inane "escalation management" by the DC blob must come to an end. 20:37 - The ICRC and OCHA were accused of facilitating the sending of Ukrainians to prison camps. 42:03 - A Eulogy for Hospitaller Iryna ‘Cheka’ Tsybukh 45:51 - Diplomacy news: Shagri-La Dialogue laying

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