Part Five: Stalked by Shadows

Ivan arrives at a field hospital, where he devises a plan to avoid returning to the front. The family is reunited, but Ivan realizes that his plan may not be enough. In “The Deserter,” the journalist Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a deserter who served as a captain in ...  Show more

Ivan is transported to Ukraine and tasked with training the newly mobilized troops, many of whom have no combat experience. Ivan and his platoon prepare for their assault on “the Boot,” a farmland heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops.At the same time, pro-military propaganda hea ...  Show more

In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18 deserters while reporting in eight countries across four continents over the ...

In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18 deserters while reporting in eight countries across four continents over the ...

Today on the program, Fareed reports from Kyiv, where he is joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Ukraine’s path to peace. Fareed asks if he would sit down with President Putin.Then, Fareed speaks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb about his unique role ...  Show more

Last February, Putin launched his big war on Ukraine. Vlad Demchenko is a Ukrainian film-maker turned soldier who arrested John on Day 2 of the war on suspicion of being a Russian spy. Having sorted that, they’re now friends. Vlad tells John why he’s risking his life to defend Uk ...  Show more