If I were advising the Ukrainian general staff, which I'm not, a war would have been lost with Putin marching through Kiev a year ago. So I think Ukraine has a little bit of time to sort themselves out. The two most important ones are long-term training of Ukrainian forces and things like fighter jets. If we start that now, then this could actually be useful by the time we start getting on the show and talking about the great winter offensives of 2024.
After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an opportunity for Ukraine that may not come around again. We look at the strains on Russian civil society by speaking with self-exiled citizens. And one Ukrainian woman who returned to Kharkiv tells us how the war has changed her.
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