Ukraine Takes More Land Than Russia Has Taken in Months

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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wants to kick Russia out, but also retake the lands that already took at the beginning of the campaign. It's a humiliating defeat for Vladimir Putin's men, forced to flee abandoning key supply hubs like Kupyansk and Izion. The United States provides battlefield intelligence to help Ukrainians defend their country.

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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