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Welcome back to Potsayevilworld on Tommy Vitor.

I'm Ben Rhodes.

Ben, as promised, we are back this week for a special bonus episode where we are going to try to step back

and make sense if you can of the year that has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine.

We're going to talk about the military campaign and what's happening, potentially going to happen

in the spring. The political situation in Russia and how public opinion has or has not changed.

And we'll hear from Ukrainian citizens about what this year has been like for the millions and

millions of innocent people who are thrust into a war zone by Vladimir Putin. So this is something

we're excited to do and hopefully do some more of these. Yeah, no, it's good to be able to step

back and look kind of deeper to subject and there's no subject on Earth that requires that more than

this one. So, glad we could do it. Yeah, well said. If you like this episode, let us know what you

liked, let us know what you didn't like and let us know there's other topics you want to hear from.

But the way this is going to go is Ben and I are going to talk at the top about some of the things

that we and many others got wrong about this war. And then you're going to hear from four different

guests. These interviews will cover different topics and they're going to be shorter than the

usual interviews. But you're going to hear from Christopher Miller first from the Financial Times

about the military campaign and what to expect as both Russia and Ukraine maybe launch offensive

this spring. You'll hear from Asya Blasenko, an 18-year-old Ukrainian student who spent six months

living under Russian occupation and care-soned before escaping to Prague. Maria Adiva, she is one of

the countless Ukrainian citizens documenting Russian military and war crimes. And then finally,

Max Sedden who's also from the Financial Times. He's going to talk about Putin's speech earlier this

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