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Amanpour

Ukraine Marks Four Years of Russia's War

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A moment of silence in Kyiv today as Ukrainians mark a grim milestone: four years of war, with hundreds of thousands killed and many more wounded. Now, President Zelensky is doing everything in his power to convince his allies to stick with Ukraine. Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk joins the show from Kyiv where she's been asking people how they feel about the war, four years on.  Also on today's show: Michael Kofman, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Craig Renaud, director of the new documentary "Armed Only with a Camera" about his journalist brother's killing in Ukraine; cognitive scientist Maya Shankar, author of "The Other Side of Change"    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

Today we must be just as determined and strong as we were when the invasion began.

0:17.0

Four years of full-scale war in Ukraine. At this grim milestone, I asked journalist Natalia Gumanuk how ordinary Ukrainians are

0:26.6

faring.

0:27.6

Plus, the state of the battlefield with military analyst Michael Kaufman.

0:32.6

Then...

0:33.6

He filmed on the front line of conflicts all around the world.

0:38.3

Armed only with a camera.

0:41.3

The story of journalist and filmmaker Brent Renault, the first American killed while reporting

0:46.3

in Ukraine.

0:47.3

I speak to fellow journalist Juan Aradondo and Brent's brother Craig who directed the Oscar-nominated documentary.

0:55.0

And...

0:56.0

Yes, change can offend us, but it can also reveal things to us.

1:00.0

Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar talks to Hari Srinivasan about her new book, The Other Side of Change,

1:07.0

exploring how we navigate the upheaval of life.

1:31.3

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Golodriga in New York, sitting in for Christian Amunpur. A moment of silence in Kiev today as Ukrainians mark a grim milestone, four years of war.

1:38.3

Four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, four years of endurance and loss, with hundreds

1:46.0

of thousands killed and many more wounded.

1:49.0

Now President Zelensky is doing everything in his power to convince his allies to stick

1:55.0

with his country.

1:57.0

Russians must learn that Europe is a union of independent nations and millions of people who do not tolerate humiliation and will not accept violence.

2:11.3

Thank you.

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