As Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure, we hear from Ukraine’s deputy energy minister. Also in the programme a major French industrial company pleads guilty to paying the Islamic State group in Syria, so that it could keep its factory open there; and how safe is the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss? We'll hear from her biographer.
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Sep 2022
A Nuclear Power Plant on Ukraine’s Front Lines
<p>A counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces to try to drive Russian troops out of southern Ukraine has placed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, directly in the path of the fighting.</p><p>As the world scrambles to prevent a catastrophe, the plant’s worker ... Show More
23m 26s
Dec 2022
Life in Ukraine as Russia Weaponizes Winter
<p>For months, the war in Ukraine was about territory as both sides fought to control areas in the country’s south and east.</p><p>In recent weeks, the war has taken a new turn.</p><p>Mounting attacks on civilian infrastructure have left people across Ukraine without power, heat ... Show More
21m 48s
Mar 2022
Why Russia Hasn’t Defeated Ukraine
<p>After invading, Russia’s military was expected to sweep through Ukraine within a few days, quickly seizing the capital, Kyiv, and installing a pro-Moscow government.</p><p>It hasn’t worked out that way.</p><p>Now, with Russia’s advance stalling, there are signs that President ... Show More
30m 28s
May 2023
What to Expect from Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive
<p>As fighting rages in Ukraine, with high casualties but little ground gained or lost on either side, Kyiv seems poised to launch its much anticipated counteroffensive. New Western equipment, including tanks, has arrived and Ukraine appears to have struck Russian supply lines, i ... Show More
41m 32s
Mar 2022
Russian forces are advancing on another power plant, Ukraine's president says
NPR's Leila Fadel talks Mariana Budjeryn, a Ukrainian and a nuclear expert at Harvard's Belfer Center, about the dangers of Russia seizing control of Ukraine's nuclear power plants.
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