A Russian soldier atop of a military truck with the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, in a wheat field not far from Melitopol, south Ukraine, Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Russia's War in Ukraine at One Year: Military Analysis

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 15, 2023

It's been just about one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster, 2020), offers analysis of where things stand militarily.

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