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Ukraine Pushes Back | Putin, Kyiv & the Kaliningrad Flashpoint
International Flavor begins Season Three with a rare Ukrainian battlefield success. Operation Vivaldi has pushed Russian forces back around Lyman, creating competing narratives over what Ukraine gained, what it cost and what happens next. Samuel examines the evidence from both sides, Russia’s intensifying attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, Putin’s remarks to the newly elected State Duma, and competing claims surrounding the strike on Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. The program concludes with Kaliningrad and the Suwałki corridor—where NATO’s fear of Russian expansion meets Moscow’s…
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