Bringing The Fight to Ukraine’s Frontlines
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Release Date: 10/30/2023
Ukraine and the History of War
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Sam Cook is an American living in Ukraine. He attended West Point and served in the U.S. military for eight years as a U.S. Cavalry Officer. Now, he lives in Kyiv with his Ukrainian wife and spends his time helping high-level visitor delegations arrange meetings with members of the Ukrainian government. He also founded a historical society so that he can document the stories of this war. He sat down with ‘The Fight’ in Kyiv to talk about what’s at stake and what living here – under a constant barrage of attacks - has been like for the last two years.
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Life and War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Nataliya Bugayova
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
There are few who understand this war better than Nataliya Bugayova. She lived and worked in Ukraine for years. Her present focus – as a non-resident fellow and the former Russia team lead at The Institute for the Study of War, is on the analysis of the Kremlin’s operations and on what’s happening in Ukraine today. She also serves as Director of Strategic Intelligence at a company called Vertical Knowledge. Bugayova was part of a visiting delegation with The Cipher Brief that was led by General David Petraeus last fall. We sat down shortly afterward, to get her perspective on how...
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The Long Road to Justice in Ukraine: Investigating and Prosecuting War Crimes
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Colonel Eugene Vindman is well-known in D.C. circles. Not just because he and his twin brother Alexander grabbed headlines during the Trump Administration by raising alarms about the former president’s pressuring of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to open a corruption investigation against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, but also because he has recently announced plans to run for a U.S. Congressional seat in Virginia. He immigrated to the U.S. as a child from Soviet Ukraine and then served a career in the U.S. military in places like Iraq before landing at the White...
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What’s Really Happening in Ukraine
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Former Senior CIA Officer Paul Kolbe has spent the bulk of his professional life focused on Russia. He spent 25 years at the CIA, where a large part of his work was centered on the former Soviet Union and the Cold War. After leaving government, Kolbe led BP’s global intelligence division and later served as Director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Intelligence Project. Kolbe is also a Cipher Brief Expert and was part of a delegation that traveled multiple times to Ukraine this year. ‘The Fight’ co-host Suzanne Kelly sat down with Kolbe in Kyiv to talk about his unique perspective...
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The Russian Mindset
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
In this episode of The Fight, Suzanne talks with former CIA officer, and Cipher Brief Expert Glenn Corn. Glenn is a former Senior Executive in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and has more than 34 years in the U.S. Intelligence, Defense, and Foreign Affairs communities. He spent over 17 years serving overseas. Glenn has an incredibly unique perspective on the mindset of the Russians. We sat down with Glenn on our most recent trip to Ukraine for his very first podcast. Suzanne and Glenn covered a lot in this conversation including why the war in Ukraine is so...
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Bringing The Fight to Ukraine’s Frontlines
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
As Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin is charged with bringing the very best equipment possible to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine and he’s pretty creative about how he does it. While much of what he does remains classified, the minister sat down in Kyiv to talk with The Fight co-host Suzanne Kelly about how he’s working with defense companies to not only get better equipment to fighters but about how Ukrainians are able to improve some of the equipment they get their hands on, which, in Kamyshin’s opinion, goes far beyond just helping...
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Kyiv Stands
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
In this compelling episode of "The Fight," your hosts Suzanne and Brad sat down in Kyiv for a conversation with Solomiia Bobrovska. Solomiia is a member of the Ukrainian parliament, where she plays a crucial role on the committee of National Security, Defense & Intelligence, and also serves in the Ukrainian military. She previously served as acting governor in Odesa, where she earned a reputation as a formidable advocate for Ukraine. We delve into the pressing issues that Solomiia faces as a Ukrainian politician in a nation locked in a relentless battle for its very...
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Target: Critical Infrastructure
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
In the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow targeted the country’s critical infrastructure - including its telecommunications providers - with both cyber and kinetic weapons. ‘The Fight’ co-host Suzanne Kelly sits down with Kyivstar CEO Olesandr Komarov in Kyiv to talk about how the private sector telecommunications provider has survived and adapted in the face of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Level Setting the Ukraine War with General (Ret) David Petraeus
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Hello and welcome. I’m Suzanne Kelly, your host for this edition of The Fight. If you follow me on LinkedIn, you’ve already seen many of the behind-the-scenes images I’ve been sharing from The Cipher Brief’s latest trip to Kyiv. It was our third trip to Ukraine this year and Cipher Brief COO Brad Christian and I were there this time as part of a delegation led by General David Petraeus. Our delegation was impressive group of experts that included two former senior CIA officers, Paul Kolbe and Glenn Corn as well as Nataliya Bugayova from the Institute for the...
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The Fight Podcast- Episode 1
The Fight: A podcast on life & war in Ukraine.
Welcome to the first episode of The Fight Podcast. In this show we're cutting thru the disinformation about the Ukraine war, and bringing you perspective from those who are there, fighting for Ukraine's survival against the Russian invasion, and also from those who are supporting Ukraine.
info_outlineAs Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin is charged with bringing the very best equipment possible to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine and he’s pretty creative about how he does it. While much of what he does remains classified, the minister sat down in Kyiv to talk with The Fight co-host Suzanne Kelly about how he’s working with defense companies to not only get better equipment to fighters but about how Ukrainians are able to improve some of the equipment they get their hands on, which, in Kamyshin’s opinion, goes far beyond just helping Ukraine.