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96. What war in Israel means for Ukraine
On this episode of Battleground: Ukraine Saul David and Patrick Bishop, discuss the main news from the front line this week that Russia has intensified operations in the Avdiivka area of Donetsk Obla…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
95. Battleground Special: War in Israel
In this special episode of Battleground, Patrick and Saul react to the deadly Hamas attack that was launched on Israeli territory on Saturday morning. Drawing on their expertise they discuss how this…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
94. Ukraine raids Crimea
After indications that a Ukrainian breakthrough might have been imminent, progress on the battlefield slowed down this week with no news of further significant advances. Saul and Patrick discuss this…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
93. The Russian Media
On this week's big interview, Patrick speaks to Francis Scarr from the BBC's monitoring service, Francis is a member of its Russia team who analyse Russian TV and social media, and specialises in the…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
92. A Series of Small Victories
This week on Battleground: Ukraine - Patrick and Saul David discuss a fascinating week in which the word breakthrough has been heard everywhere. The Ukrainians are claiming a series of small victorie…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
91. Reflecting back on Ukraine
In this final instalment from our travels to Ukraine, Saul, Patrick and producer James sit down in the historic central square of the Polish city of Krakow, to reflect on the previous days spent in U…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
90. Biden doubles down on support for Ukraine
This week Saul and Patrick react to the news that Ukraine continues to make important gains on the battlefield, particularly south of Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhia, and has also been degrading Ru…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
89. The gravedigger of Bucha
For this week's big interview, we have some more material from our time in Ukraine, this time from the outskirts of Kyiv at a child psychiatry centre, where children are receiving treatment for war t…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
88. Ukraine Strikes Russia's Black Sea Fleet
This week Patrick and Saul discuss the big news developments of the past week, Ukraine has taken out two Russian warships at the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sebastopol using cruise missile…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
87. Fighting Corruption in Ukraine
In this episode of Battleground: Ukraine, Patrick and Saul have a fascinating interview with Taras Byk - a political strategist, who before the war worked with leading anti-corruption fighters, such …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago