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Podcast: By Any Means Necessary
Episode: What's Next in Ukraine as Russia Takes Control of Artemovsk
Description: In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss Russian forces taking control of Artemovsk, also known as Bakhmut, after a months-long grinding battle, the strategic significance of the city and how the western media and pro-Ukraine forces have worked to present it as a symbolic victory, why Artemovsk serves an important strategic purpose for further Russian offensive in Donbass, and how Volodymyr Zelensky’s tours around the world are exposing who is really in charge in Ukraine.In the se...