This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Suzy Weisman. On today's program, Ukrainian expert

Bokhtan Kravchenko and international relations expert Michael Cox join us with the fuller

picture of the catastrophic Russian war on Ukraine and the global consequences it has

sparked. Bokhtan Kravchenko brings us the big picture inside Ukraine with reports

on individual stories of heroism and solidarity from ordinary Ukrainians and he debunks myths

and propaganda spewing forth from many quarters. We also talk about the widespread anti-war

actions from within Russia and the level of support for Ukraine increasingly isolating

Putin. Nick Cox insists that Putin's war is not about Ukraine joining NATO, which isn't

on the cards, but about regime change in Ukraine to make Ukraine more like Russia which

will consolidate Putin's kleptocratic control at home. It isn't going well. Putin is contending

with opposition as Russians take to the streets facing arrest, Ukrainians are fighting back,

and Putin has become an international pariah. His push for a new security infrastructure

in Europe has already forced the United States to shift its geopolitical focus back to Europe

and Nick Cox insists China is the true winner in this crisis as Russia is now more economically

and strategically subordinated to the vastly more powerful regime in Beijing. We get both Bokhtan

Kravchenko and Nick Cox's analysis of the dangerous moment we are in when our program returns in

just a moment. This is Jacobin Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman, and today we're going to cover the

Russian war on Ukraine, and we're very fortunate to have both on Kravchenko back with us.

This time to assess the situation on the beginning of day three of Russia's war against Ukraine.

The actuality of the war is so shocking that few believed it would really take place,

despite the intelligence and troop deployment underway. I know I didn't, and I was interviewed

on a station just two days ago, and that was the first question I said, no, I don't think it'll

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