On Episode 70 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Honorary Professor of Modern European History at the University of Newcastle and leading expert on Russian and Soviet history, Roger Markwick, joins us to unpack the often omitted historical elements that impact on the Ukraine war. Drawing on decades of scholarship, Professor Markwick examines the post-1945 roots of the conflict, NATO expansion, the 2014 Maidan events and Donbas war, and Putin’s strategic calculus compared to Soviet-era approaches. He analyses whether 2026 marks a potential turning point, Ukraine’s intensified long-range drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure, tankers, and logistics centres.
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