There’s no shortage of excellent analysis of the Ukraine crisis, but there’s nothing to match the contributions of people at the sharp end of it
Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates
The Ezra Klein Show (The New York Times) | nytimes.com
File on Four: Ukraine: War Stories (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Invaded: Voicemails from Ukraine (Tortoise Media) | tortoisemedia.com
Explaining Ukraine (UkraineWorld) | spotify
The Sky News Daily Podcast (Sky) | sky.com
War on Truth (Radio 4) BBC Sounds
God, the news is devastating at the moment. At least it is here. On Ezra Klein’s podcast, New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen explained that, in Russia, the news is… OK. Same as ever. Just the usual five minute on-the-hour TV bulletin. Perhaps a mention of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, but “the actual tenor and flow of news hasn’t changed”.