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Ukraine's Dangerous Independence

Months before Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, he published an essay on the Kremlin website called "On The Historical Unity of Russia and Ukraine." In it, he suggested that Ukrainians don't really have their own identity — and that they never have. Historian Serhii Plokhii says that couldn't be further from the truth. The histories of the two countries are deeply intertwined, but Ukrainian identity is unique. Today, we explore that identity: how it formed, its relationship to Russia, and how it helps us understand what's happening now.

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Ukraine's Dangerous Independence

March 10, 202212:01 AM ET

[Ramtin Arablouei, co-host and co-producer of Throughline.]

Ramtin Arablouei

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Rund Abdelfatah

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Julie Caine

Kumari Devarajan

Lawrence Wu

[Laine Kaplan-Levenson]

Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Casey Miner

Mansee Khurana

Victor Yvellez

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