Special: Focus on Ukraine
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
European leaders and Trump administration officials are attending the Munich Security Summit over the weekend. We'll have the latest on what was discussed, and how it might effect the war in Ukraine." Also, as we continue a deep dive into Ukraine news, we reflect on the "Maidan Revolution," as it's been called, which was a protest against a Russia-installed leader of Ukraine. Many people, especially younger Ukrainians, wanted the country to lean toward the West, not Russia. And, in Ukraine, musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a living legend. But few of his songs have had as much meaning or poignancy as "Chovan," which describes the country on both sides of the Dnipro River. As The World's hosts explain, while the bridge over that river has been destroyed, the spiritual bridge that connects all Ukrainians remains firmly intact.
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| 0:00.0 | On October 3rd, 1980, a bomb was detonated outside a synagogue on Copernic Street in Paris. |
| 0:06.0 | Three decades later, French investigators finally identified a suspect in the case. |
| 0:11.0 | A Lebanese Canadian sociology professor, living a quiet life on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada. |
| 0:17.0 | Is Hassan Zyab guilty? |
| 0:19.0 | Can you introduce yourself? Or is the escapego? |
| 0:22.1 | Hassan Diab. From Canada land, this is the Copernic affair. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.9 | Three years of brutal war, a change in the White House, and now Ukraine finds itself at a crossroads. |
| 0:42.2 | I have no space for optimism because if you're a pessimist, you are right or you are surprised in a pretty good way. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:51.9 | And I'm Marco Worm, and today we focus the hour on the war in Ukraine from its roots |
| 0:56.1 | in post-Soviet protests. |
| 0:57.5 | Biggest demonstrations took place at Maidan Nizalizzi. |
| 1:01.8 | To the Western Alliance back in Ukraine. |
| 1:04.4 | The promise was that Russia would be isolated. |
| 1:07.8 | Russia has not been isolated. |
| 1:09.6 | And the resilient Ukrainians, like this teacher in an underground school. |
| 1:13.6 | We have some children that almost don't speak. |
| 1:16.6 | I guess it's a challenge for a psychologist. |
| 1:19.6 | They try to help. |
| 1:20.6 | Plus, the latest talk about ending the war today on a special edition of the world. |
| 1:25.6 | Thank you for tuning in today for this special edition of the world. |
| 1:32.4 | Thank you for tuning in today for this special edition of the show, examining the war in Ukraine. |
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