Egor Nesis: As russia has been frustrated militarily, have the attacks on civilians gotten worse? They're constantly hitting civilian targets with rockets, with artillery, with air strikes. I think what i'm see s is that they're trying to demoralize and destroy the spirit of the cranians. He says he's not optimistic diplomacy might work here; any negotiations will involve Russia asking unacceptable concessions from ekraine.
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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