“Ukrainians are realising that they are alone in this war but still hoping that Europe will be proactive, not just in terms of making statements.”
After a harrowing week in Ukraine, two academics at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna spoke to Dion Fanning about what is happening in the country. Ukrainian Lidiia Akryshora and US historian Katherine Younger about why Putin isn't a rational actor and why there is no way he can achieve what he wants in Ukraine.