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The New York Times, May 5, 2022
Russia Studies Program Director Michael Kofman comments on Ukrainian forces’ strike against the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
Yahoo! News, April 29, 2022
Analyst Julian Waller speaks at length with Yahoo! News to explain the symbolic meaning of May 9 to Russia, and how it fits in to the current Russia-Ukraine war context.
Foreign Policy, April 27, 2022
Analyst Sam Bendett sheds light on the role of drones for both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Politico, April 25, 2022
Senior Russia expert Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg comments on the impact on the war of Western weapons shipments to Ukraine.
WHYY/PBS/NPR, April 21, 2022
Senior Russia expert Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg joins WHYY’s Radio Times program to discuss the Russian and Ukrainian military forces and their battle for the Donbas region of Ukraine.
PBS, April 11, 2022
Michael Kofman joins PBS NewsHour to assess the Russian military’s shift in focus to eastern Ukraine, marking the “second chapter” of the Russia-Ukraine war.
WBUR, March 31, 2022
Senior analyst Jeffrey Edmonds joins Here & Now host Scott Tong to discuss the military tactics and strategies of both Russia and Ukraine in the first five weeks of the war.
The New Yorker, March 11, 2022
In a detailed Q&A with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner, Michael Kofman examines the Russian military’s early strategic errors in the first two weeks of its conflict with Ukraine.