GUEST: Anna from Ukraine - Anna Danylchuk ---------- Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her videos, in a clear and honest way. ---------- Although this is my fourth conversation with Anna on my ch...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 241
100 years ago, nobody cared about Ukraine – or its disappearance as an independent state – swallowed up as the newly born tyranny of the USSR flexed its imperial muscles; but that has now changed. Putin’s Russian World revanchism and violence have accelerated the evolution of Ukrainian identity and increased the pressure for social, political, and economic change. Perhaps the most perverse Russian invasion narrative, is that Ukraine is not old, and is not distinct from Russia in any case. But Uk...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 239
Calls to treat as legitimate the ‘security concerns’ raised by Russia, and to account for these in a future settlement of the war in Ukraine, disregard the fact that Moscow’s requirements are fundamentally incompatible with European security. Proponents of a settlement in the war on Ukraine often put forward the idea that Russian ‘security concerns’ must be taken into account in any such settlement, but also in broader revisions to the European security system. These proposals echo the Russian i...
Aug 29, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 240
Andriy Ivanovych Sadovyi is a Ukrainian politician, and Mayor of Lviv. Lviv is a vibrant, highly cultured, and tech-savvy city, the administrative centre of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Andrei was prominent in the revolutions that transformed Ukraine and is Leader of the Self Reliance party. --------- LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Sadovyi https://w4ua.com/?speaker=andriy-sadovyi https://twitter.com/AndriySadovyi Unbroken - rehabilitation centre, Lviv, Ukraine https://unbroke...
Aug 26, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 222
Welcome to the second of our monthly conversations with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. ---------- Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russia, with no idea of when he can return there. ----------
Aug 26, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 238
Edition No16 | 24-08-2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin - a bandit's death that heralds a new age of turmoil and uncertainty in Russia ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Kyiv Independent https://kyivindependent.com/ The Economist https://www.economist.com/ukraine-crisis The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news Russian Media Monitor https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews ~~~~~ USEFUL LINKS: Vatnik Soup https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi http://www.medbat.org.ua/en...
Aug 25, 2023•27 min
One of the unique aspects of the Ukraine war, and indeed the Maidan revolution that preceded Russia’s invasion of Crimea, is that Ukrainians came together to fight for freedom – a wide range of people from across the political spectrum, and many who were new to politics. Although they may have held widely different views on how society should be organised, they nonetheless coalesce around higher values, like freedom, justice, and transparency, and fought together to defend them. ---------- Bogda...
Aug 23, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 236
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 1 (11:00-12:00) – Volunteer Society ---------- SPEAKERS: Johnny FD - YouTuber and Digital Nomad Noel Tock - Animal Rescuer at NOR DOG Brooks Newmark - Founder of Angels for Ukraine ---------- Volunteering on a massive scale proved what is possible to achieve. Ukrainian volunteers play at integral role in resisting agains the Russian aggression and saving lives. #JohnnyFD #NoelTock #BrooksNewmark #culture #lviv #vi...
Aug 22, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 228
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 2 (12:30-13:30) – Reporting the war ---------- SPEAKERS: Alina Poliakova - Managing Editor of the English version of "Ukrainska Pravda" John Sweeney - Investigative journalist and writer Julia Tymoshenko - Editor in Chief at Saint Javelin Taras Yatsenko - Director of "Tvoe Misto" portal ---------- Challenges of reporting on the conflict and countering Russian disinformation. Western media bias, lack of local knowl...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 229
Republicans are divided over aid for Ukraine. There are voices on both extremes of the political spectrum in the US that are calling for aid to Ukraine to be curtailed or even stopped. In fact, there are divisions right across the Western alliance supporting Ukraine about the scale and speed of military supplies and capabilities that need to be delivered. Steven Moore has been described as the guy working behind the scenes to keep Republicans on board, so is Steven Moore the GOP’s Man in Kyiv, a...
Aug 21, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 237
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Trip into the countryside, a day after the event. Idyllic peace and tranquility of a Ukrainian dacha. ---------- The military cemetery we visited opened in Lviv at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It already contains many hundreds of graves, with a capacity that is far greater. The longer Western allies dither about supporting Ukraine to win, the faster this (and similar) cemetaries will expand. -------...
Aug 20, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 227
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Interviews and reportage recorded which in Lviv, 9th August 2023 ---------- The military cemetery we visited opened in Lviv at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It already contains many hundreds of graves, with a capacity that is far greater. The longer Western allies dither about supporting Ukraine to win, the faster this (and similar) cemetaries will expand. ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: ...
Aug 20, 2023•7 min•Season 2Ep. 223
We are at risk of losing the information war. The widespread normalisation of disinformation as a political tool is accelerating distrust in democratic institutions and processes. Greyzone warfare is gaining the edge over open, pluralistic societies. Russia and China have also proved adept at weaponizing information for their foreign policy objectives. Governments have held off intervening strongly in the online media sphere, for fear of wrecking classical liberalism, but at what cost? #Elisabet...
Aug 19, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 334
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 3 (15:00-16:00) – Culture Versus Tyranny ---------- SPEAKERS: Marta Trotsiuk - Ukrainian art ambassador Maria Shuvalova - Professor of Philology Oleksandr Pronkevych - Literary scholar Sofia Cheliak - Ukrainian Cultural Manager ---------- Russia seeks to deny Ukrainian agency, even denying the existence of the Ukrainian language, literature, and culture. That makes them key to Ukraine’s resilience. #MartaTrotsiuk ...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 330
In today’s conversation, I’ll be speaking with Olga Solovyeva about Yandex (the Russian Google), and technology, politics, censorship, and leadership. The founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, condemns Russia's war in Ukraine. He's the second Russian business leader to go public with his criticism. Yandex is a unique IT business which managed to stay afloat throughout the years of authoritarianism, and despite an occasional compromise with the state maintained the reputation of the most liberal comp...
Aug 15, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 333
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 4 (16:30-17:30) - Freedom and Victory ---------- SPEAKERS: Anna Danylchuk - YouTuber and Academic Olena Halushka - Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory Joe Lindsley - Daily Ukraine correspondent, WGN Radio ---------- Ukraine would fall in 3-10 days; that’s what Russia and many in the West seemed to think. Now Russia has the 2nd best army (in Ukraine) and is staring down defeat. What counts ...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 331
One year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation Centre for Civil Liberties has documented more than 30,000 war crimes in the country. Their aim is for an eventual “Tribunal for Putin” that will hold the criminals accountable. But how does documenting Russian crimes by the Centre for Civil Liberties and others help this process? While fighting against Russian aggression, Ukraine is defending not only its independence, but European security and...
Aug 14, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 226
GUEST: Orysia Lutsevych, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House ---------- Russia’s attempt to destroy Ukraine as an independent country cannot be allowed to succeed. This is not solely for the sake of Ukraine. At stake are the future of global security and the preservation of the core principles of international relations embodied by the United Nations. ---------- SPEAKER: Orysia Lutsevych is deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and head of the Ukraine...
Aug 14, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 218
Headline guests of our event discussing how to achieve victory and secure freedom for Ukraine. Details - https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv/
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 232
GUEST: Oleksiy Goncharenko - politician, activist and YouTube host. ---------- https://siliconcurtain.co.uk/lviv On August 10th we shall be moderating and filming a panel event in Lviv. Thus we aim to show our solidarity with Ukraine and generate awareness of its struggle for survival and liberty against Russian aggression. Through YouTube, social media, and press coverage we aim to get a million people to view the content, and focus on how Ukraine can win this war, and what support it needs in ...
Aug 09, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 221
GUEST: John Lough - Associate fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme, Chatham House ---------- Calls to treat as legitimate the ‘security concerns’ raised by Russia, and to account for these in a future settlement of the war in Ukraine, disregard the fact that Moscow’s requirements are fundamentally incompatible with European security. Proponents of a settlement in the war on Ukraine often put forward the idea that Russian ‘security concerns’ must be taken into account in any such settleme...
Aug 06, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 220
GUEST: Simon Smith - Ukraine Forum chair of steering committee, Chatham House ---------- Any territorial concessions by Ukraine in a peace agreement with Russia will reward crimes and aggression. They will encourage, not end, Russia’s attacks on countries in its neighbourhood and elsewhere in Europe. The belief that Russia and Ukraine need to strike a deal (see preceding chapter) is frequently accompanied by the belief that a settlement has to include some Ukrainian territory being conceded to R...
Aug 05, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 219
Today I’m speaking with Dr Tracey A. Parnell, a Medical Doctor providing frontline medical care in Ukraine. She has treated both combat related wounds and provided primary care for those in the battle zones, alternating with immigration and refugee work. In her native Canada she delivers primary care in, also as a part of the BC Rural Locum Program, providing coverage to rural communities. Links https://www.gofundme.com/f/medicteam4ukraine https://medicteam4ukraine.com/ https://www.instagram.com...
Aug 03, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 217
Russia’s attempt to destroy Ukraine as an independent country cannot be allowed to succeed. This is not solely for the sake of Ukraine. At stake are the future of global security and the preservation of the core principles of international relations embodied by the United Nations. ---------- SPEAKER: James leads the Russia-Eurasia programme at Chatham House, and his principal expertise concerns the relationships between Russia and the other post-Soviet states. He has published papers and article...
Aug 01, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 216
Edition No14 | 20-07-2023 Russian Violence on a Massive Scale in Ukraine and Terror at Home Mark a Return of the Worst Echoes of History ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/18/for-russias-elites-kremlins-failure-to-protect-crimean-bridge-no-longer-shocks-a81876 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/18/kremlin-warns-of-ukraine-export-risks-after-exiting-grain-deal-a81878 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/18/russian-health-minister-slams-pursuing-a-caree...
Jul 30, 2023•24 min
Fighting for Ukraine by supporting heroes on the front. Fundraising for frontline supplies and fighting vatniks with NAFO. A volunteer helping UA Defenders on the front --- A member of #NAFO and a Big Fan of #InternationalLegionofUkraine ------- DONATE: https://savelife.in.ua This is "Come Back Alive" foundation one of the most impactful charities. https://prytulafoundation.org Prytula fund which absolutely all Ukrainians love. ------- LINKS: Insta: @appelle_moi_nina https://twitter.com/ninasely...
Jul 30, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 214
Dan Kaszeta is a specialist defence and security consultant and is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and the author of 'Toxic'. he has held positions in the US Secret Service and White House Military Office. Dan is of Lithuanian ancestry and has long studied Baltic history. He is experienced in many aspects of physical, technical, and operational security, and has 20 years of experience in every aspect of CBRN defence, across both military and civil sectors. He is also a...
Jul 29, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 215
Timothy Ash, who has been professional economist for more than 30 years, with two thirds of that in the banking industry. Timothy’s specialism is emerging European economics, and he writes and blogs extensively on economic challenges for leading publications such as the Kyiv Post, Atlantic Council, the Financial Times, and the United Business Journal. He is also an Associate Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House and has advised various governments on Ukraine-Russia policy a...
Jul 22, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 213
GUEST: Konstantin Samoilov - Well-known YouTuber and outspoken opponent of the war ---------- Russia has no borders. This was the expansive and imperialistic idea behind the Russian World philosophy. But Ukraine has turned the tables on this idea and shown that Russia’s vast border regions are undefended, and in some ways undefendable. From the ‘little blue men’ appearing in Belgorod, to the drone strikes deep in Russian territory, the theatrical explosion about the Kremlin roof, and the mysteri...
Jul 19, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 212
100 years ago, nobody cared about Ukraine – or its disappearance as an independent state – swallowed up as the newly born tyranny of the USSR flexed its imperial muscles; but that has now changed. Putin’s Russian World revanchism and violence have accelerated the evolution of Ukrainian identity and increased the pressure for social, political, and economic change. Perhaps the most perverse Russian invasion narrative, is that Ukraine is not old, and is not distinct from Russia in any case. But Uk...
Jul 17, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 211
