{"id":204218,"date":"2022-08-29T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=204218"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:37:30","slug":"independence-day-reveals-russian-weakness-weekly-digest-22-28-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/independence-day-reveals-russian-weakness-weekly-digest-22-28-august","title":{"rendered":"Independence day reveals Russian weakness. \u2013 Weekly digest, 22-28 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ukraine celebrated its independence day on August 24th amidst fears that Russia will use this date for major strikes against Ukrainian targets, including Kyiv. However, the doomsday didn\u2019t happen. Does this mean that Moscow has no real military tools to achieve a breakthrough in this war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the weekly digest of our \u201cExplaining Ukraine\u201d podcast.\u00a0<\/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=\"Independence day reveals Russian weakness. \u2013 Weekly digest, 22-28 August | Ep. 138 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%2F1333194910&#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 #138 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>Ukraine celebrated its independence day on August 24th amidst fears that Russia will use this date for major strikes against Ukrainian targets, including Kyiv. 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