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The Ukraine War Ep. 5: Russia Humiliated

The Ukraine War Ep. 5: Russia Humiliated

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Telling the history of the war that’s reshaping the world. In Ep.5:
As Putin’s assault falters and his army degenerates into retreat
and atrocity, Russia’s self-image as a bulwark against fascism
falls into tatters. Arthur Snell looks at the incompetence,
factionalism, corruption and failure to plan which created this
debacle – how Russia remains obsessed with the Great Patriotic
War – how Chechnya and Georgia provided dry runs for Ukraine — and
the cocktail of self-destructive impulses, self-pity and
authority-worship that still drive ordinary Russians to support the
war. Hear next week’s edition of Doomsday Watch: The Ukraine War
immediately when you support the podcast on Patreon:
http://www.doomsdaywatch.co.uk • “At Hostomel, the Russian
obsession with information security meant that they didn’t brief
their own troops until it was too late.” – Jack Watling • “The
Russian Army is a top-down organisation where initiative is frowned
upon. It specialises in plodding assaults.” – Mike Martin
• “You see Russia’s self-destructive tradition in its drinking
and suicide rates, in the way power is distributed. We need to
worry about that urge and who gets pulled into its vortex.”
– Peter Pomerantsev • “The Russian attitude is, we saved
the West from fascism. Now look at these ingrates.” – Jade
McGlynn • “Putin was a pretty mediocre director of the FSB. He
was always ‘talk big, fight small’ and Ukraine is his first truly
big war, thrown together not by generals but by him and a few
spooks.” – Mark Galeotti Photograph courtesy Anatolii Stepanov
Incidental music in order of appearance: • Thy Resurrection’
performed by the Music of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery • Gustav
Mahler’s Symphony Number 5, performed by Jason Weinberger and the
WCF Symphony • Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Number 9 (First
Movement) performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Produced by Robin Leeburn.
Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll
– https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Group Editor Andrew
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