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The Ukraine War Ep. 2: Invasion

The Ukraine War Ep. 2: Invasion

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Telling the history of a war that’s reshaping the world. In Ep.2:
Russia thought they’d take Kyiv in three days. Instead Putin’s
invasion has gone down as one of the most infamous fiascos in
military history – while Ukraine’s courage and fighting skill
has stunned the world. How did Putin get it so wrong? And how did
Zelenskyy’s defiance transform the conflict? Arthur Snell talks to
military analysts and historians to unearth the truth about the
pivotal first weeks of the war: catastrophe for Russia, glory for
Ukraine. Behind the cruelty and monstrous waste a strange question
emerges: Did a dysfunctional, shambolic Russia really intend to
invade Ukraine at all? Hear next week’s edition of Doomsday Watch:
The Ukraine War immediately when you support the podcast on
Patreon: http://www.doomsdaywatch.co.uk “How did one of the world’s
great military powers manage to make such a mess of things?” –
Arthur Snell “The Russians didn’t bring much military equipment.
What they did bring was parade uniforms to march through Kyiv when
it was all over.” – Peter Caddick-Addams “The Russian FSB
spent vast sums of money preparing for the collapse of the
Ukrainian Government, which they confidently expected…”
– Arthur Snell “ Putin is a very 19th-century figure. He
believes that Russia has a birthright to be a great power.“ – Mark
Galeotti “The experience of any Russian who lived through the 1990s
is that reality can disappear around you at any time. People
learned to negotiate chaos.“– Peter Pomerantsev “The central
Russian experience is the Great Patriotic War… They think
their moral right to dictate to others comes from 1945.”
– Jade McGlynn Photograph courtesy Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto
Incidental music in order of appearance: 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 ‘Thy Resurrection’ performed by
the Music of Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery ‘The Blessed I Have Already
Chosen’ by Maksym Berezovsky, performed by Kyiv Chamber Choir
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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