Ukraine's counter-offensive has most recently been focused on Harkib and the area surrounding it. How important is Harkib strategically for Ukraine? It is very important because obviously the Russian borders are nearby. For Russia it will be quite difficult to take all of the Donetsk region that they've been you know hoping to add to the separatist republic there.
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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