Russia's provocations against NATO, which it is carrying out near the borders of the Baltic states, will remain merely soundbites, since any war with NATO would be brief and not end in the Kremlin's favor, military expert Oleg Zhdanov told Radio NV on June 22.

In Russia, everyone considers himself the Fuhrer and everyone wants to take the place of dictator Vladimir Putin, who temporarily occupies the president's chair, says the Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov. He believes the struggle for the throne is now intensifying, and the “big casting” continues.

As Russia relentlessly shells occupied cities in Donbas, people are starting to blame Russian proxy puppet states DPR and LPR, and not necessarily Moscow, Stanislav Aseyev, a Ukrainian writer and journalist, and a former prisoner of the infamous Izolyatsia detention facility, has said in an interview with NV.

Due to the lack of resources for the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin is desperately looking for allies, but everyone is distancing themselves from it because they have realized that Russia is only majestic on the outside and weak on the inside, said Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the President's Office in an interview with Radio NV.

In an interview with NV, Kyrylo Mykhailov, a researcher from the Conflict Intelligence Team – an open-source intelligence research organization – discusses Russian propaganda, likely military scenarios near Kharkiv and Luhansk, and the ongoing battle for control over the Black Sea.

Kristina Kvien has served as the U.S. acting ambassador to Ukraine for over two years. She has been with Ukraine during the hardest years of the U.S. impeachment scandal and Russia’s war against Ukraine. 

Keeping the Russian dictator’s personal life hidden is a typical habit of the Soviet security services, helped by the self-censorship of the Russian press, Mikhail Ruban, a journalist with the Russian Proekt outlet, told Radio NV.

Last night alone, the Russians carried out at least 50 artillery strikes against the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol – the heavily defended stronghold where civilians and the last Ukrainian defenders are holding out.

Volodymyr Zolkin, a YouTuber taking part in a project to search for captured and killed Russian soldiers in Ukraine, called “Ishchi Svoikh” (‘Look for Your Own’), has recorded more than 100 interviews with captured invading troops.

Viktor Medvedchuk, a pro-Russian politician suspected of treason, is one of those who provoked full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, said in an interview with Radio NV on April 20.