War in Ukraine: Backstories You Never Hear

Part Two of a Four-Part Series

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The stubborn and effective resistance which Ukraine has thrown up against Russia has surprised the word — and has even changed the course of modern warfare as a result of Ukrainian innovations on the battlefront.

Vladimir Putin and his war planners obviously never anticipated this determined spirit from the Ukrainians, who had never been known for a strong sense of national patriotism. But the Russian invasion changed all of that.

A latent nationalist spirit had been hovering just below the surface for decades. There had never been a moment, however, which caused that spirit to gel — until Russia invaded.

In this episode I explain how that came about and analyze the implications of this newborn patriotism for the future course of the war.

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