Exclusive interview with Professor Timothy Snyder, historian
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Day 645.
In today's special episode, we sit down with one of our most requested guests: Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University, Professor Timothy Snyder. A critically-acclaimed author and a renowned historian specialising in Ukraine, he is famous for his online lectures and commentary on the war.
This interview was facilitated by the charity United24, who – with his support – are fundraising for a new air defence system via their project ‘Safe Skies’. You can read more about that project here: https://u24.gov.ua/safeskies
Contributors:
Professor Timothy Synder. @TimothyDSnyder on Twitter.
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm David Noles and this |
| 0:10.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to this special episode of Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:17.0 | Where myself and my colleagues, Russell's correspondent Joe Barnes, |
| 0:21.0 | an assistant comment editor Frances Dernley, |
| 0:23.0 | interview a guest that for followers of Ukraine will need almost no introduction. |
| 0:27.0 | Dr Timothy Snyder. |
| 0:29.0 | Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:38.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 0:43.2 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 0:44.8 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:46.8 | We're strong. |
| 0:48.1 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:49.3 | Thank you all for joining us for this very special interview for the Telegraph, Ukraine, the latest. Our guest today is the Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University, a critically acclaimed author, and a |
| 1:06.1 | renowned historian specializing in Ukraine is also one of our most requested guests for the |
| 1:11.7 | podcast. So welcome Professor Snyder. |
| 1:15.1 | Glad to be with you. So my first thoughts, of the months of heavy losses and a |
| 1:19.6 | counter offensive that has not returned the sweeping gains that were expected. |
| 1:24.0 | Lots of Western observers of Ukraine, many of them highly respected in their fields, |
| 1:29.0 | have reached for the same word to describe the situation on the ground, and that is stalemate. |
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