The Intelligence: Ukraine’s war, two years on
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this roundtable discussion our editors examine how the past year has progressed, discuss how things may go over the next year and consider a few fundamentally positive truths about the whole conflict. Meanwhile our senior producer travels through Ukraine, getting a measure of both determination and despondency among soldiers and civilians.
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| 1:00.6 | The Economist |
| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to a special episode of the Intelligence, marking two years of war in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.4 | Since February 24, 2022, tens of thousands have lost their lives. Frontlines have moved by |
| 1:19.0 | kilometers and then just meters. Ukraine's military leadership has changed, but its president |
| 1:24.8 | has not. Volodymyr Zelensky's term ends this year, but the war may |
| 1:29.4 | delay an election as it's delayed |
| 1:31.2 | so much else in Ukraine. |
| 1:33.2 | For now, he remains the steady voice |
| 1:35.3 | of the country. Yesterday, as |
| 1:37.3 | so many times before, warning of |
| 1:39.3 | the costs of failing to aid his war |
| 1:41.4 | effort. Will Ukrainians |
| 1:43.7 | survive without Congress support? |
| 1:49.0 | Of course, but not all of us. |
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