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Anastasiia Lapatina

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Anastasiia Lapatina is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked in the same role at the Kyiv Post and has focused on politics and human rights in conflict zones and issues in Russia-occupied Crimea. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in Canada.

Articles

This Week in Ukraine S2 E4 – Is NATO getting ready for escalation with Russia?

Season 2 Episode 4  of "This Week in Ukraine" is dedicated to the risk of a potential Russian attack against NATO, and whether the alliance is prepared to defend itself. Masha is joined by Marcel Plichta, a security expert who is a fellow at the Center for Global Law and Governance at the University of St. Andrews and a former intelligence analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense.   Listen to the audio version of the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, and other platforms. "This Week in Ukrai