Russia Recognizes Parts Of Ukraine As Independent, Escalating Conflict

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🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Putin appears to be establishing a pretext for a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the context dwindle. It remains to be seen whether a Russian invasion will unite NATO allies or drive a wedge between the European powers and the United States.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and international correspondent Frank Langfitt.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Lauren and from Brooklyn, New York.
0:05.8	New York.
0:07.0	We just celebrated for any second birthday and wanted a wish on T.C.
0:12.3	Oh, welcome back to the pod.
0:14.0	This podcast was recorded at.
0:16.5	Oh man, no, I'm like crying.
0:18.3	It is 2.26 p.m. on Monday, February 21st.
0:22.9	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:25.2	Okay, here's the show.
0:30.4	Sue, it's great to have you back.
0:32.1	Hey there.
0:33.5	It's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:35.4	I'm Susan Davis.
0:36.3	I'm still clearly feeling a lot of those mom hormones
0:39.2	and I still covered Congress.
0:41.8	I am Frank Ordoniaz and I cover the White House.
0:44.8	And today we've got MPR International Correspondent Frank Langfit on the line
0:49.3	from Ukraine.
0:50.0	Hey Frank.
0:50.7	Hi Sue.
0:52.0	So Vladimir Putin is signaling that Russia will now recognize two
0:56.7	separatist areas of Ukraine as independent, possibly as pretext for actually
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