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The Russia Ukraine War Report Podcast for SEP 21, 2023 - The War Report is Back!
🕑 Added 2023-09-22 00:20:48 +0000 UTCIt's back - it is finally back. Since June 6, 96% of our subscribers patiently waited. Yes, this took more time than I or the rest of the team wanted. We have four people on the ground now in Ukraine, and we wanted to do things right. I have said even before the podcast started that I wanted to employ people in Ukraine. We are planning to add a fifth person in November if subscription growth restarts.
The breadth of coverage about what is happening in the theater of war, which expanded to include Bulgaria and Romania since June 6, is back.
The analysis of key events is back.
But with that, the depth coverage that Zarina is providing has been added. It is one thing to read and hear about the artillery strikes that have rocked Kherson for the last two days. It's another thing when you have your team in Kherson reporting on what is happening.
Over the next four to six weeks, Marina will find her voice and style, so expect an evolution. She has already become an invaluable team member with the input she is providing and the new internal procedures she suggested. You may have noticed a significant reduction in editing artifacts and minor typos in yesterday's SITREP. Marina is partially responsible for that.
Thank you again for your support, your trust, and your patience.
Today's Podcast
The Russia-Ukraine War Report provides comprehensive, fact-based news coverage about the war in Ukraine. Our team of journalists, researchers, and analysts are from Georgia, Israel, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. We go beyond content aggregation and provide analysis and assessments on how today's stories shape the war's future.
Today's podcast includes Marina Yevshan providing the War Report for September 20, 2023, and Zarina Zabrisky reporting from Kherson.
- Today's Assessment
- Kharkiv
- Northeast Donetsk
- Southwest Donetsk
- Zaporizhzhia
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant update
- Black Sea
- Romania
- Temporarily occupied Crimea
- Kherson
- Western and central Ukraine
- Kyiv
- Russian front
- Theaterwide events
- Zarina Zabrisky - the untold story behind the civilian-led defense of Bilozerka in Kherson during March 2022 and how they helped save the cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa
- The New York Times, the September 6 Kostyantynivka missile strike, and why you should always ask critical questions when being told a narrative
The Russian-Ukraine War Map is a great resource to use while listening to the podcast to see the geography covered in today's podcast.
Comments
Yes, it's great to have the podcast back. But also have to agree that the audio quality is not great and it will probably take time to get used to listening to the unusual pronunciation. I am sure in time my listening skills will improve but right now I find it quite difficult to follow the narrative without also reading along with the Sitrep report.
Ecruteak
The audio/recording quality has a little way to go, but content-wise the team has knocked it out of the park. Well done to everyone involved!
AR
Great job on the podcast Marina! Looking forward to much more to come. It was also great to get Zarina’s perspective. A whole new level of appreciation for what you folks do has been achieved on my end. Stay safe and keep up the excellent work.
Druzby Avenue in Marinka - energy infrastructure hit - it's like the podcast never stopped
Congrats to the team on the heavy lift this took!
AnaR737
I was so happy to be able to do my afternoon walk with the Malcontent today. I loved Marina's reading and Zarina's reporting. But it looks like Russia is going back to the strategy of bombing civilian infrastructure. At times it felt like a throwback to last winter.
