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At the same time, Russians are showing weakness with apparent incapacity to defend targets in the occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the weekly digest of our \u201cExplaining Ukraine\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor at UkraineWorld.org<\/li><li>Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist who is in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"lazyload\"  title=\"Russia\u2019s nuclear terrorism, again. \u2013 Weekly digest, 8-13 August | Ep. 134 by UkraineWorld\" width=\"662\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1324089016&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=993&#038;maxwidth=662\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/tag\/explaining-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cExplaining Ukraine\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;podcast by discussing consequences of Russian invasion of Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support us at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ukraineworld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patreon.com\/ukraineworld<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>UCMC\u2019s contribution to episode #134 is supported by the joint Ukraine Crisis Media Center and Estonian Centre for International Development project that is funded by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and American Embassy in Kyiv.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has taken Europe\u2019s biggest nuclear plant as a hostage and threatens to provoke a major nuclear disaster in Ukraine. At the same time, Russians are showing weakness with apparent incapacity to defend targets in the occupied Crimea. This is the weekly digest of our \u201cExplaining Ukraine\u201d podcast. 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