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ironically, putins denial of ukraines identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is olesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sister of a fallen ukrainian soldier. even now, do ukraines allies understand what the stakes really are in this war? olesya khromeychuk, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for inviting me, stephen. its a great pleasure to have you in this studio in london. and you live in london. youre the director of the ukrainian institute here in lond...

authorities on both sides say they are taking immediate steps to end the violence. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in vladimir putins mind, ukraine is a fake state manipulated by the west. his effort to drag it back into the russian world began long before his all—out invasion a year ago. back in 2014, he showed his contempt for kyiv sovereignty in crimea and the donbas. ironically, putins denial of ukraines identity has stre...

ironically, putins denial of ukraines identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is olesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sister of a fallen ukrainian soldier. even now, do ukraines allies understand what the stakes really are in this war? olesya khromeychuk, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for inviting me, stephen. its a great pleasure to have you in this studio in london. and you live in london. youre the director of the ukrainian institute here in lond...

first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck close to the border with syria. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in vladimir putins mind, ukraine is a fake state manipulated by the west. his effort to drag it back into the russian world began long before his all out invasion a year ago. back in 2014, he showed his contempt for kyiv sovereignty in crimea and the donbas. ironically, putins denial of ukraines identity has strengthened ...

And we in germany, are not at war with russia," and when you hear emmanuel macron say, "in the end, it is clear our objective is not to humiliate russia." when you hear messaging like that, does that make you worry that, in the end, europe doesnt quite get it? youre asking a lot of questions in that one question. so, were not. the west isnt that war with russia. that is precisely how russia wants to portray it. and when we heard vladimir putin recently talk about, you know, hes essentially there...

His army is losing, on the battlefield against ukraine. so that is how he wants to portray this war, that somehow this is a proxy war. right. but in reality, this is the war against ukraine and its a genocidal war. your book actually opens, the preface opens, with the words of your brothers saying, "understand, this is europes war which happens to be taking place on ukrainian soil." no, no. he said a european war, that happen to start in eastern ukraine, but its essentially against the values of...

Somehow this is a proxy war. right. but in reality, this is the war against ukraine and its a genocidal war. your book actually opens, the preface opens, with the words of your brothers saying, "understand, this is europes war which happens to be taking place on ukrainian soil." no, no. he said a european war, that happen to start in eastern ukraine, but its essentially against the values of the democratic world. against human rights that we stand by. against the order that we know and cherish a...

Somehow this is a proxy war. right. but in reality, this is the war against ukraine and its a genocidal war. your book actually opens, the preface opens, with the words of your brothers saying, "understand, this is europes war which happens to be taking place on ukrainian soil." no, no. he said a european war, that happen to start in eastern ukraine, but its essentially against the values of the democratic world. against human rights that we stand by. against the order that we know and cherish a...