Putin is known for ratching up the rhetoric and he's not known for backing down, right? He obviously tries to tell Ukraine until the Western community that is supporting Ukraine that the stakes are really high. And another concerning thing here is obviously the timing because winter is approaching. So it's going to be much harder for both sides to fight.
The Russian president is calling on reservists and holding fake referenda to legitimize his war. Washington Post reporter Mary Ilyushina explains.
This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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