In the latest of our European Conversations podcasts, Kirsty Hughes talks to Galina Pastukh, deputy director of the Ukrainian think tank Texty, about the dreadful war in her country, including the latest atrocities in and around Bucha – crimes against humanity that the Russian authorities have labelled “theatre” and “provocations” fabricated by Ukrainians.
Galins talks passionately and knowingly about Russia’s disinformation campaign, a topic Texty has analysed for the past five or six years, and about how Ukrainian civil society, including think tanks like her own, need to retain close contacts with the rest of Europe and support from like-minded networks. Above all, she looks forward to Ukraine gaining its place at the heart of the EU in due course.
