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ironically, putin's denial of ukraine's 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 ukraine's allies understand what the stakes really are in this war? olesya khromeychuk, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for inviting me, stephen. it's a great pleasure to have you in this studio in london. and you live in london. you're the director of the ukrainian institute here in london. you're an historian of ukraine and eastern europe. and yet, i am sure that a lot of your mi...

authorities on both sides say they are taking immediate steps to end the violence. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in vladimir putin's 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, putin's denial of ukraine's identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is 0lesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sist...

ironically, putin's denial of ukraine's 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 ukraine's allies understand what the stakes really are in this war? olesya khromeychuk, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for inviting me, stephen. it's a great pleasure to have you in this studio in london. and you live in london. you're the director of the ukrainian institute here in london. you're an historian of ukraine and eastern europe. and yet, i am sure that a lot of your mi...

first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck close to the border with syria. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in vladimir putin's 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, putin's denial of ukraine's identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is olesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sister of a f...

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 doesn't quite get it? you're asking a lot of questions in that one question. so, we're not. the west isn't that war with russia. that is precisely how russia wants to portray it. and when we heard vladimir putin recently talk about, you know, he's essentially there fighting against the us and the west, because it is very humiliating to admit that he is losin...