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How It Happened

Coming Soon: Putin's Invasion

How It Happened

Axios

News, History, Politics

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

In How it Happened: Putin's Invasion, Axios World editor Dave Lawler curates the best of Axios' reporting and analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, explaining how the conflict played out in slow motion across eight years and then suddenly escalated. Lawler will share insights from a career covering global affairs and dozens of interviews with experts and high ranking officials about how Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power and how the autocrat has wielded it. The podcast will also feature Jonathan Swan, Axios national reporter and host of the first season of How It Happened, speaking about his exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Reporters and editors from across the Axios newsroom including Sara Fischer, Emily Peck and Margaret Talev will unpack how this conflict is playing out in the media and on social media and why it's so hard to push back against Putin and Russia. The podcast will break down what happened on the ground in the early hours of February 24, 2022 in Ukraine and how this war is changing the world around us in real time. Listen now to the trailer and subscribe to hear the new season when it launches on Mar. 5, 2022.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Jonathan Swan, political reporter and host of the first season of how it happened.

0:05.1

I'm Dave Lawler, the author of Axios World, and I've been steering our coverage of the

0:09.0

Russian invasion of Ukraine.

0:11.0

For our fourth season of how it happened, Putin's invasion.

0:14.8

We'll explain exactly how the invasion of Ukraine happened in slow motion over the last

0:19.7

eight years, and then suddenly escalated all at once.

0:24.8

For the past decade I've covered global politics, I've traced Putin's rise to power, and

0:29.1

how he's wielded it, and I've spoken with people who helped put him in power and who've

0:33.3

interacted with him along the way.

0:35.2

And I'll share what I've learned about Putin and his goals, explain what happened in the

0:38.7

early morning of February 24th in Ukraine, and talk about how this conflict is changing

0:43.4

our world order and real time.

0:45.2

I'll join to discuss my exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Falotimiiz Olinsky,

0:50.8

in which he tried to warm the world about the escalating attacks on his country.

0:55.4

We'll also hear from several of our colleagues across the Axios newsroom as we unpack how this

0:59.5

happened and why it matters for all of us.

1:03.1

This is how it happened.

1:04.9

This is invasion.

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