#StratComPodcast / S3E4: Building Ukrainian resilience: 2014 to 2022 (with Natalya Popovich)

Almost nine months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and there are no doubts that the Kremlin has terribly miscalculated both its military capabilities and Ukrainians' will to resist. For Ukrainians, the war has already started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea, and they have been building their capacity in both military, as well as cognitive domains ever since.

#StratComPodcast host Tomas Pildegovičs sat down with the Co-Founder of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center and civic activist Natalya Popovich to dig deeper into the foundations of Ukrainian resilience. Natalya shares her insights into how Ukrainian culture, perception of themselves, and history have changed since the annexation of Crimea and how Ukrainians built the image of "professional resisters" by countering Russian information operations long before the Russian army set foot on their soil. She also elaborates on the issue of putting efforts in resisting the country that has invested hugely into building its brand as a region-dominant culture.