#livefromukraine by Benjamin Wittes

Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Recorded before a live audience on Twitter Spaces, #LiveFromUkraine is hosted by Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes and features a diverse array of Ukrainian voices discussing different aspects of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Svitlana Khytrenko: "Russia Delenda Est"

Published: October 11, 2022

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Oleksandra Povoroznik Talks Language Politics and Wartime Culture

Published: August 23, 2022

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Vitalii Ovcharenko Talks About Fighting for Ukraine in the Field

Published: August 5, 2022

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Alina Mykhailova: "From a Suit and Heels Back Into My Military Uniform"

Published: July 28, 2022

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Terrell Jermaine Starr Talks Race and Ukraine

Published: July 25, 2022

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Katya Savchenko Survived Bucha—and Wrote About It

Published: July 13, 2022

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Rob Lee Analyzes the Performance of the Russian Military

Published: July 7, 2022

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Maria Avdeeva on Kharkiv and Donbas

Published: June 30, 2022

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Olexander Scherba on the Diplomacy of the Full-Scale Invasion

Published: June 16, 2022

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Anastasiia Lapatina on Reporting Independently from Kyiv

Published: June 10, 2022

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Anastasiia Bakulina Talks Ukrainian Youth Media

Published: May 27, 2022

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Stas Olenchenko Explains Ukraine

Published: May 23, 2022

Stas Olenchenko and his partner didn’t mean to start Ukraine Explainers. But when the war started and they found that mainstream media sources weren’t able to cover the developments with sufficient attention to the colonial nuances, their work began. Stas sits down with Benjamin Wittes to talk about Ukraine Explainers’ contributions to understanding the Ukrainian War and dive into the complexities of Ukrainian national identity through the lenses of ethnic nationalism and civic nationalism.

Catarina Buchatskiy Talks About Shadows

Published: May 23, 2022

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Melaniya Podolyak Has a Warehouse of Supplies

Published: May 19, 2022

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Melaniya Podolyak

Published: May 19, 2022

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Walter Lekh Discusses the @WalterReport

Published: May 17, 2022

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Bohdana Neborak on Decolonization of Ukrainian Culture and Journalism

Published: May 17, 2022

In the inaugural episode of #LiveFromUkraine, Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes talks to Bodhana Neborak, editor-in-chief of The Ukranians, an online magazine producing long-form and visual journalism in Ukraine. Neborak and Wittes discuss media decolonization, the residual effects of Russian rule on Ukrainian culture-building, and recommendations for listeners on what to read, listen to, and watch to understand Ukraine as a country.