Ukraine: One Year Later

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For the most part, the war in Ukraine is not really on people’s radar anymore. It sits somewhere in the periphery, far away and confusing. It doesn't affect many of us directly so we’ve kinda checked out, which leaves us susceptible to misinformation, lies and even Russian propaganda. But what’s happening with this war isn’t just about what happens to the good people of Ukraine, it’s about what happens to our world. Who wins this war will set the tone for our entire geopolitical landscape. Will we live on a planet where “might means right” and an autocratic country can simply invade a democracy, destroy their economy and commit genocide and we do nothing? Or do we live in a world where there are consequences for this kind of horror? Is democracy strong enough to prevail or are we heading to a future where dictators simply take what they want? You want to know what’s going on because ultimately, it will affect you. This podcast is one year of information compressed into less than one hour of your time. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsor! www.thrivecausemetics.com/politicsgirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mega Republicans are out here with their Russian talking points, attacking Ukraine like they
0:04.6	have a goddamn clue, and it puts us all in danger.
0:07.8	You wanna know what's going on over there?
0:09.6	Let's talk about what's going on over there.
0:12.3	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.
0:24.4	I'm your host, Lee McGowan.
0:25.8	Let's get into it.
0:26.8	It's been one year since the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine under the false pretence of demilitarizing
0:32.7	and denocifying the country.
0:35.0	On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an armed offensive into Ukraine
0:41.2	from the North, East, and South, claiming it to be a special military operation to protect
0:47.5	ethnic Russians and to keep Ukraine in the sphere of Russian influence.
0:52.1	Understandably, Ukraine saw 190,000 Russian soldiers pouring across their borders as an
0:57.4	act of war, an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign democratic nation, and with
1:02.4	the support and aid of the NATO nations and the European Union, they chose to fight back.
1:08.1	We have to remember that this was not something that had to happen.
1:11.4	There was no burning conflict between neighboring nations that spilled into war.
1:15.7	This was something Russia chose to do.
1:18.3	There is no both sides here.
1:20.0	Yes, it takes two to tango, but in this case, one dancer was handcuffed to the other against
1:24.9	their will.
1:25.9	This is not something Ukraine got itself into.
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