Ukraine plugging the frontline gaps

Amanpour

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🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This weekend marks two years since Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, despite his attempts, his forces have not been able to capture the country's capital or overthrow its government, and with the support of NATO, the country has been able to resist Russia. But as the war enters its third year, Ukraine’s forces are outmanned and outgunned, desperately trying to fill the gaps on the front lines. Also on today's show: Diane Foley, President and founder, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation / Co-author, “American Mother” & Colum McCann, Co-author, “American Mother”; Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief & CEO, The New Times / Friend of Alexey Navalny; Alexei Ratmansky, Russian-American choreographer and ballet dancer/ Artist in residence, New York City Ballet/ Former Director of Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.7	18 plus, T's and C's apply, exchange fees and fair usage limits apply. Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur from Ukraine. Here's what's coming up.
0:48.4	Lugging gaps on Ukraine's front lines. My report as the fight continues despite dwindling ammunition. Then, as dozens of journalists die in the wars shaking our world, I'm joined by Diane Foley,
0:55.9	whose son James was killed by ISIS while reporting in Syria.
1:00.4	Why she and co-author Colin McCann are telling her story in American mother.
1:06.0	Also ahead.
1:07.0	We almost tended to believe that she became immortal.
1:11.0	Russian investigative journalist Yevgenia Al-Baz discusses the legacy. and hope for Russia today. And finally, choreographer Alexei Radmansky on swapping Moscow for New York after Russia's Ukraine
1:31.9	invasion. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in Kyiv. Also in
1:56.1	occupied Ukraine today was Moscow's top general Valerri Garasimov handing out
2:01.7	medals to troops who fought to take the key town of
2:05.3	Advika over the weekend. A strategic location that Ukraine's foreign minister told
2:11.0	me on this program last night would not have fallen to the Russians
2:15.7	if the vital ammunition supply line was not blocked in Washington.
2:20.4	This weekend marks two years since Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
2:27.0	But his forces were unable to take this capital or topple the government and with the support of NATO Ukraine has been
2:36.0	holding Russia off for those two years but today with a critical shortage of weapons and
2:42.0	ammunition Ukraine is frantically
2:44.3	trying to plug the gaps on the front lines as we discovered for this report.
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