We Push the Aggressor Beyond the Internationally Recognized Border

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"For us, this is a war for life. We push the aggressor beyond the internationally recognized border of the Ukrainian state," he says. "They have obviously been more inspired and more motivated after they had some really remarkable wins and gains in recent weeks and months" Putin could be trying to step everything up to potentially go in negotiations at some point or just wants to take as much Ukrainian land as possible, adds Kuznetsov.

The Russian president is calling on reservists and holding fake referenda to legitimize his war. Washington Post reporter Mary Ilyushina explains.

This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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