Part One: The Ballad of Ivan and Anna

The invasion of Ukraine begins — and goes far worse than Russia anticipated. The Kremlin cracks down on dissent, rebellion spreads in the ranks, soldiers walk off the battlefield and entire units refuse to fight. An enlistment drive starts, and Putin’s mobilization sets off a pan ... Show More

Ivan is transported to Ukraine and tasked with training the newly mobilized troops, many of whom have no combat experience. Ivan and his platoon prepare for their assault on “the Boot,” a farmland heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops.At the same time, pro-military propaganda hea ... Show More

Ivan arrives at a field hospital, where he devises a plan to avoid returning to the front. The family is reunited, but Ivan realizes that his plan may not be enough. In “The Deserter,” the journalist Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a deserter who served as a captain in ... Show More

<p>In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18 deserters while reporting in eight countries across four continents over the ... Show More

<p>In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18 deserters while reporting in eight countries across four continents over the ... Show More

Thousands of Russians lined the streets to honor opposition leader Alexey Navalny two weeks after his death. Mikhail Fishman is a Russian journalist who knew Navalny well. He anchored a popular news program on opposition station “TV Rain,” until he had to flee Russia two years ag ... Show More

Today on the program, Fareed reports from Kyiv, where he is joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Ukraine’s path to peace. Fareed asks if he would sit down with President Putin.Then, Fareed speaks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb about his unique role ... Show More

Vladimir Putin survived the short lived revolt that saw thousands of mercenaries march towards Moscow, but at what cost?Jonny Dymond is joined by:Polina Ivanova: foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, covering Russia and Ukraine. Owen Matthews: journalist, historian and a ... Show More

Day 1,359.Today, as Ukraine launches more projectiles at Russia than it receives in return, we examine the worsening situation on the ground in the Zaporizhzhia region and the growing domestic turmoil facing President Zelensky, as the corruption scandal rattles his government. We ... Show More