Putin’s attack on Ukraine: how did it come to this?

<p>Since late 2021, the United States was warning that Vladimir Putin was about to invade Ukraine. Yet despite two decades of deteriorating relations with the Russian president, EU leaders refused to believe it would happen.</p><br><p>Now, nearly a fortnight into Putin’s war with Ukraine, it’s far from clear as to how this ends.</p><br><p>In this episode, The Irish Times assistant editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic profiles the Russian leader, whom biographer Masha Gessen dubbed ‘the man without a face’, from middle-ranking KGB officer, to Boris Yeltsin’s successor, to today’s isolated autocrat in Moscow.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Presenter: Sorcha Pollak</p><p>Produced by Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan</p><br><p>www.irishtimes.com/podcasts </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>