Putin's War (w/ Catherine Belton & Nina Khrushcheva)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Ukrainian President Zelensky on Saturday posted a video of himself bravely walking in the streets of the besieged capital city of Kyiv standing defiant as Russian forces close in bombarding the city and leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. Zelensky's refusal to back down in the face of Vladimir Putin's aggression is being seen throughout the world as an inspiring David vs. Goliath battle that may yet end tragically for him and his country. But much depends on what is conceivably going on inside the head of Goliath. Why is Putin doing this? What does he really want? And what, if anything, can the west do to stop him. We talk to two renowned experts on Putin's Russia and Zelensky's Ukraine - Catherine Belton, a special correspondent for Reuters and the author of the book, Putin's People - and also Nina Khrushcheva, a professor of international relations at the New School and the great-granddaughter of another Russian leader, the late Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
GUEST:
- Catherine Belton (@CatherineBelton), Special correspondent for @Reuters, author of Putin's People
- Nina Khrushcheva (@ninakhrushcheva),
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Ukrainian President Zelensky's video "This is our land" - Here.
- Lastest Yahoo News article on Ukraine/Kyiv - Here.
- Pick. up Belton's book Putin's People - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning to all Ukrainians. |
| 0:20.7 | We have a lot of information online that I called on our army to lay down arms and to evacuate. |
| 0:28.7 | Listen, I am here. We will not lay down our weapons. We will defend our state because our weapons are our truth. |
| 0:37.7 | And the truth is that this is our land, our country, our children. And we will defend all of that. |
| 0:44.7 | That's all I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine. |
| 0:47.7 | Glory to Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine. |
| 0:50.7 | Glory to Ukraine. |
| 0:52.7 | That was Ukrainian President Zelensky on Saturday, |
| 0:55.7 | bravely walking in the streets of the besieged capital of Kiev, |
| 0:59.7 | standing defiant as Russian forces close in, |
| 1:02.7 | bombarding the city and leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. |
| 1:07.7 | Zelensky's refusal to back down in the face of Vladimir Putin's aggression |
| 1:11.7 | is being seen throughout the world as an inspiring David vs. Goliath battle |
| 1:15.7 | that may yet end tragically for him and his country. |
| 1:18.7 | But much depends on what is conceivably going on inside the head of Goliath. |
| 1:23.7 | Why is Putin doing this? What does he really want? |
| 1:27.7 | And what if anything can the West do to stop it? |
| 1:30.7 | We'll talk to two renowned experts on Putin's Russia and Zelensky's Ukraine. |
| 1:34.7 | Catherine Belton, a special correspondent for Wojder's in the author of the book, Putin's People, |
| 1:39.7 | and Nina Kruseva, a professor of international relations at the new school and the great granddaughter of another Russian leader, |
| 1:45.7 | the late Soviet premier Nikita Krusev, on this episode of Skolduggery. |
| 1:51.7 | Hi, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
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