Tommy and Ben look back on a year of war in Ukraine and discuss what people got wrong, lessons learned, and where things stand today. Then, Ben and Tommy talk to reporters and Ukrainians about the war including FT reporter and longtime Ukraine resident Christopher Miller, 18-year-old Ukrainian student and artist Assia Vlasenko who escaped Ukraine AFTER SIX MONTHS OF OCCUPATION, Research Director at the European Expert Association Maria Avdeeva who has been documenting Russian war crimes, and FT reporter and Putin expert Max Seddon.<ul><li>View Assia's art <a href="https://opensea.io/ARTAVLS">here</a></li></ul> For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click <a href="https://youtu.be/60oe32okbV8" target="_blank">here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast. 
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