The Ukraine Crisis Is Getting Closer and Closer

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The conflict escalated just over six months ago. It's maybe too early to say that this is the end or this is the turning point but we should also not underestimate it, Carl says. M Carl: What isn't by now appears to be clear is that Russia thought Ukraine was a really weak country and they were wrong.

A recent Ukrainian counteroffensive seems to have caught Russia on its back foot. That could have consequences for Putin in the war — and at home. The Washington Post’s Mary Ilyushina explains.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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