Gabriel Gatehouse takes us back to the anti-corruption protests of 2013 in Kyiv’s Maidan Square that told Moscow it was losing influence in Ukraine.
Viktoria Andrusha tells us why she risked her life and her freedom by informing on Russian troops as they moved into her town.
And we hear how Russia is currently reporting on the war and how the propaganda machine is presenting the recent withdrawal from Kherson.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire, Gabriel Gatehouse and Vitaliy Shevchenko.
The producers were Fiona Leach, Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical coordinator was Emma Crowe. The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The assistant editor is Alison Gee. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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