War's oldest weapon - how Russia terrorises women
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today is a public holiday here in the UK, and so we’re releasing a special episode on one of the great taboo subjects in the history of warfare: that of role of gender and sexual violence. Firstly, Adelie speaks with Sofi Oksanen, who just published the viral essay 'Same River, Twice, Putin’s War on Women'. She discusses how historic attitudes to gender in Russia impacted post-Soviet history. The second interview is with Tatyana Tymoshenta, a therapist who works with survivors of rape in Ukraine. Listener discretion is especially advised for this episode.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to Sofi Oksanen, @SofiOksanen on X.
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Content Referenced:
Conference: Thought and Truth under Pressure
https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/events/thought-and-truth-under-pressure
Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women
An online psychotherapy support platform for survivors of conflict-related violence Aurora operates in Ukraine, UNFPA
https://ukraine.unfpa.org/en/aurora_eng
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Adelae Poshman-Pon-Pon-Tay, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.2 | Today is a public holiday here in the UK, and so we're releasing a special episode. |
| 0:19.4 | Firstly, I speak with Sophie Oxanin, who has just published an insightful essay called |
| 0:23.9 | Same River Twice, Putin's War on Women. |
| 0:27.3 | The second interview is with Tatiana Timoshenta, a therapist who works for survivors of |
| 0:32.2 | sexual violence in Ukraine. |
| 0:34.5 | Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with |
| 0:42.7 | victory. |
| 0:43.7 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:45.3 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:50.5 | Worship. |
| 0:51.2 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, |
| 0:54.3 | 24 hours. |
| 0:55.2 | We are with you |
| 0:56.0 | not just |
| 0:56.9 | today or tomorrow |
| 0:58.4 | but for a hundred |
| 0:59.5 | years. |
| 1:00.1 | We can't |
| 1:01.1 | not as |
| 1:01.6 | European |
... |
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