Russia-Ukraine two years in: The defining war of the 21st Century

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began two years ago. Hundreds of thousands have died and more will follow. What is the state of the conflict right now? How has Russia altered global stability, and is Western support for Ukraine wavering? Gavin Esler is joined by Michael Kimmage formerly of the US State Department, now a professor of history at the Catholic University of America and author of Collisions - The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. Buy Collisions - The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • “Putin overestimated the capability of the Russian military.” – Michael Kimmage. • “I think NATO, while interesting and important, is a bit of a red herring.” – Michael Kimmage • “There's really no structure or set of powers that can iron this out.” – Michael Kimmage. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.0	the Kremlin announced a special military operation.
1:21.0	Vladimir Putin's troops were invading Ukraine or as we will see
1:25.0	invading more of Ukraine because the Russian Ukraine conflict has very long
1:29.7	routes. We're all familiar too familiar with the human cost of what has become the desperate
1:34.8	struggle to repel Putin's aggression. But if we want the war to end, we also have to
1:40.1	confront the way in which it began. Our guest today is done precisely that. He is
1:45.4	Michael Kimage, formerly with the US State Department, a diplomat, scholar and author of a new book,
1:50.0	Collisions, The Origins of the War in Ukraine, and the new global instability.
1:55.0	As the title suggests, that instability affects us all.
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