Egor: "I'm maintaining the faith that yukrane will hold, because russia's shown that it's not doing very well" Farenough: I can't say exactly why they've decided to do things this way. They advance through the open and verytight packed columns making them excellent targets for either anti tank weapons carried by infantry, or artillery hits or drone strikes. Their destroyed vehicles have gotten stuck in giant traffic jams for tens of kilometers. So far, we haven't seen a massof push because we believe at, we at the kive post, that is, believe that we ah they don't have sufficient strength yet.
Millions of people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s war begin. We check back in with Kurii Vasyl, who stayed behind, and his niece Yulya, who fled.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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