Ukraine Without Hype

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115: Moldovan and Czech Elections Mixed for Ukraine, alleged Russian Odesa Mayor stripped of citizenship Oct 24, 2025

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In this episode...

03:47 - Full coverage of the ongoing situation on the Front

18:15 - Russian war crimes, including attacking the UN and killing journalists

27:07 - Russia flying drones around EU cities

30:45 - Hungary flies a drone into Ukraine, Orban repeats the Russian view on Ukrainian sovereignty.

34:28 - Russia attacks Ukrainian power grid, likely to have a winter of outages

37:33 - Odesa gangster mayor Gennadiy Trukhov stripped of citizenship for being a Russian citizen, with controversy

45:11 - Election News - Elections in Moldova and Czechia have an opposite outlook for Ukraine, Georgia local elections show more protests, Estonian ones have a change in citizenship laws, and Reform UK has Russian corruption scandal

Links

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https://youtu.be/JiOtGB5WAdw

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Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

Radio Free America: 'Kash Patel, ICE raids, and State-sanctioned murder' with SK Media Oct 09, 2025

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Radio Free America is the sister podcast to Ukraine Without Hype. Here is the latest episode, and we invite you to subscribe to its own feed.

Radio Free America breaks down and critiques some of the top headlines from America's most reputable outlets. This week, we look at:

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The Polycrisis Part I: War Sep 28, 2025

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In our new mini-series, The Polycrisis, we will delve into the interconnected crises engulfing the world, from the collapse of the "international community" to disinformation to environmental issues.

In episode 1, we examine the rise in the number of wars worldwide.Note: I accidentally refer to the Rapid Support Force in Sudan as the Rapid Response Force.

Credits

All maps are from liveuamap.com except for Myanmar, which is from Thomas van Linge

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113: The Murder of Iryna Zarutska Sep 20, 2025

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In this episode...

02:08 - Counterattacks tighten around Russians assaulting Dobropilia

07:25 - Russia sends attack drones after Poland

10:52 - Russia's Zapad 2025 exercises do not amount to much, but remind us how their predecessor in 2021 set up the invasion of Ukraine

16:10 - Dmitriy Kozak, the sole pragmatist in Putin's inner circle, resigns

22:33 - Recent diplomatic wins by Ukraine

26:43 - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization builds ties between Russia, China, and India, but still does not produce new global governance

35:31 - A Ukrainian refugee in America was murdered and had her death appropriated

Links

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aAfaxyKBlC5GcHIdgCPIk?si=4hAc2HDzRneNlLDZGBJ9OQ

https://youtu.be/JiOtGB5WAdw

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Anthony: @Bartaway

Romeo: @VagrantJourno

Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

112: Water Crisis in Occupied Donbas Aug 31, 2025

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In this episode...

3:21 - Former Parliament Chairman Andriy Parubiy assassinated

7:48 - Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills relative of UWH co-host

10:21 - Battlefield Update: Pokrovsk stabilizes while Kupiansk is under critical threat

13:29 - Former mayor of Kherson released from Russian captivity

17:32 - The aftermath of the Alaska meeting and other American shenanigans

27:46 - New long-range missiles added to the Ukrainian toolkit

29:59 - Water Crisis in occupied Donbas

35:45 - Hungary launches new grievance campaign after Ukraine targets Russia's Druzhba pipeline

43:20 - There seems to be a gradual crackdown on some illegal constructions in Kyiv

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

111: Putin invited to an Alaskan "Peace" Performance Aug 17, 2025

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In this episode...

01:28 - Donald Trump hosts Vladimir Putin in Alaska

15:17 - Azerbaijan and Armenia reach a yet-to-be-adopted peace agreement

34:54 - The Ukrainian government backs down from the law that stripped anti-corruption agencies of autonomy following protests

45:05 - Battlefield updates: Russian breakthrough in Pokrovsk sector defeated

55:55 - The death of anarchist soldier David Chichkan and the final burial of journalist Victoria Roshchyna

Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrWzxAXb0QA

https://www.instagram.com/radicalaidforce

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Anthony: @Bartaway

Romeo: @VagrantJourno

Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

110: Protests Against Removal of Independence of Anti-Corruption Agencies Jul 24, 2025

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In this episode...

02:25 - Battlefield Updates - Battle of Pokrovsk entering critical phase

11:12 - Assassination in Ukraine tied to American neo-Nazis

18:42 - New report on the Olenivka massacre

20:56 - Crimean Tatar arrested in France on behalf of Russia

24:50 - The US might be returning to aid for Ukraine, though with a lot of caveats

36:38 - Beginning of recognition of same-sex marriage in Ukraine

40:32 - Most of the Ukrainian cabinet has been changed or shuffled around, including the Prime Minister

51:14 - Protests against a law that would remove the independence of anti-corruption agencies

Link

https://english.nv.ua/podcasts-video/first-night-of-protest-against-anti-corruption-bill-50531794.html

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Anthony: @Bartaway

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Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

109: What is the problem with Hungary? Jul 05, 2025

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Hungary has become both a thorn in the side of Ukraine and a key part of an international conservative project. In this episode, we delve into the history of this arrangement and the political theory behind Orbanism and its enmity with the Open Society.

00:01:05 - Hungarian History 101

00:09:07 - George Soros and the Open Society

00:25:17 - The political rise of Viktor Orban

00:39:28 - What is an "Illiberal Democracy"

00:56:07 - Hungary as an internationalist conservative project

01:17:36 - Hungary's hostile relationship with Ukraine

01:21:00 - The future of Hungarian democracy

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Anthony: @Bartaway

Romeo: @VagrantJourno

Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

108: Operation Spiderweb Shows Reforms in Security Services Jun 22, 2025

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In this episode...

03:22 - Updates from summer in Kyiv

08:06 - Developments in Russia's summer offensive

16:40 - Latest attacks on Kyiv show increased use of drones

24:05 - Prisoner exchanges show new Russian crimes

28:40 - Reforms to allow multiple citizenships in Ukraine

34:25 - Mixed signals before next NATO summit

37:10 - Operation Spiderweb destroys much of Russia's bomber fleet and rehabilitates the Security Services of Ukraine

47:47 - War with Iran creates new instabilities that may affect Ukraine

Videos

New Voice of Ukraine: https://youtu.be/fRT1yGdgtlkNo God But Theirs: https://youtu.be/zb7Tc58zLjU

Twitter

Anthony: @Bartaway

Romeo: @VagrantJourno

Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine

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Music

Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

107: 80 Years Since World War 2 May 31, 2025

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Eighty years after the end of World War II, we can reflect on how we continue to make the same mistakes. And how the ways we choose to remember it are always reflections of how we see ourselves in the present, for good or bad.

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