Ukraine Without Hype
Ukraine-based journalists Romeo Kokriatski and Anthony Bartaway discuss the biggest stories from Ukraine, and the region - all in English.
Episodes
Following the sacking of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov due to his conflicts with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukrainian civil society began daily protests across many cities. The crisis brought to the fore many grievances around corruption, the treatment of soldiers, and the old vs. new ways of doing things.
Meanwhile:
- Munition depot hit in Kyiv suburb
- Black Sea naval war heats up
- Ukrainian oligarch assassinated in Mon...
Ukrainian-Polish relations are in crisis following a high-level falling out over the question of historical memory of World War II and the extreme ethnic violence of the time. This began as a question of President Zelensky being stripped of Polish honors. But, it has uncovered a slate of grievances, frustrations, and power dynamics that will have to be addressed.
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine
Other Socia...
In this episode:
- Russia attacks Kyiv's most important cathedral
- Attacks on Moscow and occupied Crimea drive fuel shortages
- Belarus backs down
- Scandal from the "Skelya" assault regiment
- Military reforms meet mixed reactions
- US House passes an aid bill
- After striking a deal with Hungary, Ukraine opens the first cluster of reforms to join the EU
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Holy site carnage: images from Kyiv monastery damaged by Russian drones
In this episode:
- Russian attack damages or destroys multiple Kyiv cultural institutions
- Russia claims it will "retaliate" for a strike on a Luhansk college. They claim foreigners must leave Kyiv for safety. The claim falls flat but shows a turn in Russian rhetoric.
- Ukraine demonstrates new advantages in the drone war
- Contrasting Kyiv protests
- Controversial move in historical memory
- Updates from Transnistria and Belarus
- Eurovision
In this episode:
- A critical investigation into a Ukrainian partisan movement
- Catching up with post-election Hungary
- Ukraine's outreach to the Arab world during the Iran war
- Scandal over Israel importing grain from occupied territories
- Moldova takes big steps to break free from Russian influence
- Armenia holds summit with European leaders
- Electoral news from Latvia, Bulgaria, and Romania
Links
In this episode:
- The 40th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster
- A mass shooting in Kyiv
- The occupied town of Oleshky is being starved by Russia
- The death of Kyiv Patriarch Filaret and the story of his life and contributions, as well as the death of Georgian Patriarch Ilia
- Poland arrests a Russian archaeologist wanted for work in occupied Crimea, then exchanges him for an activist in Belarus
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Witho...
The 16-year rule of Viktor Orban of Hungary has come to an end with the election of Peter Magyar. We look into how the election unfolded, but then focus on the effects that this will have on the right-wing landscape he built. What can we learn from how it was built and how it was beaten?
Kyiv Independent Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0nx6JkWR1g
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine
Other Social Medi...
The 2026 Winter Olympics were marred by a series of scandals involving Ukraine, which brought to the fore the idea of an absolute separation of sport and politics. That separation never existed. We look at the modern history of sport and the USSR and Russia's place in it, including the crimes and organisational captures.
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine
Other Social Media
Our Patreon subscribers asked us questions about Ukraine, and we answered them. We talk about interesting historical what-ifs, language issues, the role of the "Manosphere, and more in this broad-ranging episode made with your input.
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine
Other Social Media
http://youtube.com/@UkraineWithoutHype
http://tiktok.com/@ukrainewithouthype
http://instagram.com/ukrainewithouthype/
Patreon
In this episode:
00:06:28 - Russia losing access to Starlink contributes to a Ukrainian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
00:25:40 - The aftershocks of the autumn's corruption scandal lead to a shakeup in the Ukrainian government
00:56:18 - Multiple Russian sanction evasion schemes were uncovered by investigative journalists
01:15:25 - Kazakhstan hands a Ukrainian from Crimea over to Russian prisons
01:19:35 - Hu...
2025 was a year of cyclical news stories in Ukraine, often built on the fluctuating whims of one man in Washington, DC. In this episode, we look at the main lessons we can take away from 2025 and the chaos we live in. We will review key battles, changes in how the war is being fought, the "return of politics" in Kyiv, the shifting state of Russia, and a Europe facing questions of realignment.
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without...
As the Russian army destroys Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, I wanted to tell the story of one of the most fascinating towns in Ukraine as this chapter of it comes to a close. It is most famous as the home of Anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno. Its people will work to keep its memory alive from exile.
Links
https://aftersilence.co/
Anthony: @Bartaway
Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine
Other Social Media
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The Trump Administration has released its official National Security Strategy, and it is a bombshell. There is increased aggression in the Western Hemisphere, promotion of the far-right in Europe, and economic competition in Asia.
00:07:33 - Preambles and Introductions
00:21:16 - What does America want?
00:31:02 - Principles and values
00:42:44 - The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
00:53:31 - Asia
00:59:25 - Boosting the far-right...
The DimWit Pact, pushed by the United States, has evolved over the past weeks but remains a significant threat to Ukraine. At home, Andriy Yermak's resignation raises questions about political reform.
00:01:34 - Battlefield Updates - Ukrainian Counter-offensive in Kupyansk
00:17:13 - The American-packed "peace plan" demands more from Ukraine and less from Russia
00:43:29 - Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak resigns in a...
Radio Free America: TikToker Shot, Mamdani's Education Plans, and War on Venezuela w/ RoteRote Media
Radio Free America breaks down and critiques some of the top headlines from America's most reputable outlets. This week, we look at:
Three major crises beset Ukraine. The approaching end of the Battle of Pokrovsk is prompting greater demands for military reform. A corruption scandal in the energy sector rocks Bankova. The Trump administration smells weakness and presents an ultimatum.
3:02 - As the Battle of Pokrovks reaches its terminus and the Battle of Huliapole comes closer, military commentators make increasing demands for reform.
16:52 - Major corruption sca...
We take a deep dive into the baffling attempt at a peace process that Trump made in the middle of October, which was dead by the end of October. What was the context, how did it play out, and what factors in the administration led it to play out the way it did?
01:41 - Trump wants his Nobel Peace Prize
04:40 - Summary of the Trump "peace process" so far
17:18 - How did the October "peace process" occur?
27:22 - The US implements sancti...
In this episode...
03:47 - Full coverage of the ongoing situation on the Front
18:15 - Russian war crimes, including attacking the UN and killing journalists
27:07 - Russia flying drones around EU cities
30:45 - Hungary flies a drone into Ukraine, Orban repeats the Russian view on Ukrainian sovereignty.
34:28 - Russia attacks Ukrainian power grid, likely to have a winter of outages
37:33 - Odesa gangster mayor Gennadiy Trukhov stripped o...
Radio Free America is the sister podcast to Ukraine Without Hype. Here is the latest episode, and we invite you to subscribe to its own feed.
Radio Free America breaks down and critiques some of the top headlines from America's most reputable outlets. This week, we look at:
In our new mini-series, The Polycrisis, we will delve into the interconnected crises engulfing the world, from the collapse of the "international community" to disinformation to environmental issues.
In episode 1, we examine the rise in the number of wars worldwide.Note: I accidentally refer to the Rapid Support Force in Sudan as the Rapid Response Force.
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