The Intelligence: Ukraine’s war, two years on
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 36 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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| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to a special episode of the Intelligence marking two years of war in Ukraine. |
| 0:47.0 | Since February 24, 2022, tens of thousands have lost their lives. |
| 0:52.0 | Frontlines have moved by kilometers and then just meters. |
| 0:56.0 | Ukraine's military leadership has changed, but its president has not. |
| 1:00.0 | Vladimir Zelensky's term ends this year, but the war may delay an election. not. of the country, yesterday as so many times before warning of the costs of failing to aid |
| 1:15.6 | his war effort. |
| 1:16.6 | Will Ukrainians survive without Congress support, of course, but not all of us. And if we understand this |
| 1:29.6 | surprise, if the world is ready for this, okay you will see it. But it's tragedy. It will be |
| 1:39.0 | tragedy for all of us, not only for Ukraine, not only for Ukraine, for all Europe. |
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