The use of the World War to describe this image has been essentially banned by Russia. People get fined or even jailed for talking about the war out in the open. We've definitely seen a lot of criticism coming from the very pro-Putin, very hawkish camp. Some people chose to completely ignore the news because they didn't know how to handle it.
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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