S8 Ep34: Moscow ISIS-K attack, Ukriane update and Ukraine Intelligence

In today’s episode, we welcome Dr Taras Kuzio, who has just
returned from a trip to Ukraine.

Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Professor in the Department of Political
Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an
Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. Winner of
the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for Russian Nationalism and the
Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality
(Routledge, 2022).

In the first section, we discuss the recent ISIS-K terrorist
attack in Moscow and how President Putin is capitalising on that
atrocity and attempting to blame Ukraine. We look at new
Ukrainian tactics against Russia and an increasingly risk-averse
US government to give Ukraine what it needs to defeat
Russia.

We then shift focus to Dr Kuzio’s trip to Ukraine, in which he
shares his observations, and then we look at how President
Zelensky is holding up after recent reports that he has been at
loggerheads with senior members of the Ukraine military. We also
discuss some of the talking points about Ukraine on both sides of
the political spectrum in the British and American press.

After the break, we’ll shift our focus to the lesser-known realm
of the Ukrainian intelligence services and special forces,
shedding light on their roles and actions.

So, it’s a pretty jam-packed episode, and we end with a few bonus
questions about the Nord Stream pipeline attack, a strange
conversation I had with a taxi driver in London about Ukraine
that left me scratching my head, and a brief chat about Alexi
Navalny’s links to the Russian far-right.

So pour yourself your favourite drink, make yourself comfortable
and immerse yourself in an episode packed with revelations,
analysis, and unexpected stories.

Lawrence Freedman Substack mentioned:
https://substack.com/profile/69709932-lawrence-freedman

New York Times Article mentioned:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html


Connect with Dr Kuzio: https://twitter.com/TarasKuzio


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