Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia - Adrian Karatnycky

Written by Adrian Karatnycky
Read by Daniel Henning
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergency after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion

In 1991, after seven years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 2022, it has been fighting for its survival by resisting an unprovoked, brutal, and ongoing invasion by Russia. At the center of its resistance is the resilience of a united people.

Adrian Karatnyky tells the history of how the Ukrainian state and nation gradually emerged through the tenures of the six presidents who have led Ukraine since the collapse of the USSR, including Volodymyr Zelensky, selected in 2019. Karatnyky shows that despite the influence of corruption oligarchs, pressures from Russia, and the legacies of Soviet rule, a disparate but inclusive Ukrainian nation has emergent that inspires the world as it defends the principle that states have the right to their national sovereignty.