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Why is Russia using World War II as its major historical anchor? Why is the end of World War II seen in Ukraine as a victory of one evil over another, rather than a victory of good over evil? What was Ukraine’s role in World War II?

Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and writer, the chief editor of UkraineWorld, president of PEN Ukraine.

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Historian Serhii Plokhii: World War II and the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Vol. 1

https://ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/ep-223

What Russian Propaganda Says about Ukraine’s History? Analysis and Deconstruction

https://ukraineworld.org/en/articles/books/re-vision-of-history-book