The Western response to the war in Ukraine surprised the world in 2022 in how unified it was. European leaders... more

Getting in the mind of Vladimir Putin is a notoriously difficult, and indeed thankless, task. Russia analysts have long tried... more

Ukraine, and Eastern Europe more generally, have long had a demographic problem. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and... more

On Sunday October 15th, Poland went to the polls to elect a new government. As one of Europe’s most significant... more

Under its constitution, Ukraine is meant to be in the midst of parliamentary and presidential elections over the coming months.... more

Last year, Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine changed the world. But with the conflict reaching a kind of stasis,... more

What is it like to live through the psychological pain of war? How can you heal the trauma of genocide?... more

This week, it’s our last Q&A of the season. We reached out to our listeners on Twitter to see what... more

The aftermath of war leaves physical scars in its wake. The abject destruction of landscapes and cities like Kherson, Kharkiv... more

This week, Jakub and Nastya are speaking to Anna Myroniuk, the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. They discuss... more