Crisis in Ukraine: Reporting the 2014 Revolution
Warfare
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🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
With a 130,000 estimated Russian troops stationed at various points along the Ukrainian border - tensions are rising not only in eastern Europe, but globally. A conflict dating back to 2013, uncertainty for Ukraine's future has only increased in the last 9 years. This week James is joined by Henry Langston, who reported for Vice from the front lines of Ukraine in 2014, to discuss the renewed Russian aggression, his first hand experiences on the line, and whether a diplomatic agreement can be reached.
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| 0:00.0 | Good afternoon. Today I'd like to provide an update on the crisis involving Russia and Ukraine. |
| 0:08.0 | From the beginning of this crisis I have been absolutely clear and consistent. The United States is prepared no |
| 0:15.4 | matter what happens. We are ready with diplomacy, to be engaged in diplomacy with |
| 0:21.9 | Russia and our allies and partners to improve stability and security in Europe as a whole |
| 0:27.0 | And we are ready to respond decisively to Russian attack on Ukraine |
| 0:31.3 | Which is still very much a possibility. For all the events of the |
| 0:35.4 | last few weeks and months, this has been our approach and it remains our approach now. |
| 0:41.1 | In November 2013, 2013, then Ukrainian President Victor Janakovic |
| 0:46.1 | reject the deal for greater integration with the European Union. That decision |
| 0:51.3 | would continue to have repercussions that reach out to this very moment today. |
| 0:57.0 | His decision went against public opinion. |
| 0:59.0 | It sparked mass protests and it led to a violent put down by the Yanekovich regime. |
| 1:05.0 | On one side Russia backed Yanekovich and on the other the US and European allies |
| 1:10.0 | supported the protesters and what followed was the start of a brutal conflict. |
| 1:14.7 | This is the warfare podcast I'm your host James Rogers and in this episode we welcome |
| 1:19.4 | Henry Langston who reported from the front lines of the Ukraine conflict for vice in 2014. |
| 1:25.0 | Henry reveals the political tensions, the forms that warfare took its impact on civilians |
| 1:31.0 | and the personal stories of fighters who took up arms to defend their nation, |
| 1:36.0 | something which at time of recording they may well need to do again in the face of renewed Russian aggression. |
| 1:43.0 | I know you're going to find this one fascinating. |
| 1:45.0 | It provides insight into the recent history of tensions in Ukraine |
| 1:48.0 | and a look at what may lay ahead if diplomacy fails. So here now is Henry Langston to the Warfare Podcast. How you doing today? |
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