meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Today, Explained

Is Ukraine winning now?

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A recent Ukrainian counteroffensive seems to have caught Russia on its back foot. That could have consequences for Putin in the war — and at home. The Washington Post’s Mary Ilyushina explains. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Since Russia escalated its incursion into Ukraine just over six months ago, we've grown

0:05.4

accustomed to seeing Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky, propaganda from a bunker,

0:11.7

or some undisclosed location on his phone, on a computer.

0:16.0

That's how we addressed Congress back in March.

0:18.6

That's how we appeared at the Grammys back in April.

0:21.7

His wartime leadership and propaganda machine has felt a lot like hearing from your boss

0:26.8

on Zoom during the pandemic.

0:28.6

But not today.

0:29.6

Today, Zelensky made an unannounced visit to Zoom, a small town in eastern Ukraine that

0:35.6

the country just reclaimed in a hugely successful counteroffensive against Russia.

0:40.8

And he said the Ukrainian flag would return to every city and village in this country.

0:46.6

This counteroffensive has a lot of people asking whether Ukraine's winning now.

0:50.6

And it's got a lot of people feeling like Putin's blowing it, including a whole lot

0:54.6

of people in Russia.

0:55.6

More on all that?

0:56.6

Ahead on today's point.

0:58.6

Support for today's show comes from Slack.

1:04.0

A digital HQ in Slack brings your teams, partners and tools together in one space.

1:09.8

Slack helps companies stay flexible, accelerate projects and keep teams aligned.

1:14.8

So work just works.

1:16.9

How exactly?

1:18.6

Organized projects in channels work across time zones with huddles and clips and even

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.