How the Ukrainians Adapted to a Cold War - And What They Learned From It

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For eight years, the Ukrainians were preparing. They had a non-existent army in part because through the previous per Russian government, it actually dismantled parts of the military. Large arms depots had been blown up over a period of years so it was quite deliberate. The critical thing there was that you have a strong non-commissioned officer corps,. These sort of low-level officers working very closely with the ordinary troops.

February 24 marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin believed the country’s military would be defeated quickly and Kyiv, the capital, would fall. Instead, Ukraine’s clever, nimble — and motivated — military has fought back Russia’s forces despite being vastly outgunned.

But the war has taken a terrible toll. Thousands of people have died. Cites have been devastated and millions of displaced Ukrainians are now living as refugees in other countries.

Bloomberg journalists Daryna Krasnolutska and Marc Champion in Kyiv, and Rosalind Mathieson in London join this episode to take stock of all that has happened in the past year, and what lies ahead for Ukraine.

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