Úkraínuverkefnið

29/05/2026

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/victim-blaming-kyiv-pressuring-moldova-and-drone-disinformation/

• Russia tries to shift blame for its deadly strikes on Kyiv.• Transnistria is used as a tool to destabilise Moldova.• Ukraine is being falsely accused of trying to drag the Baltic states into war with Russia.

11/05/2026

With the internet down and dissent brewing Russia celebrated 9th May in a subdeued mood. Western media reported that Putin seemed to think that Russia would soon get a netgotiated settlement in Ukraine – whereas in his comments he only seemed to think that the collapse of Europe is imminent. Iryna and Jón talk about the the subdued Moscow weekend celebrations during the weekend might actually mean.

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03/05/2026

Our guest this weekend in the Ukraineprojectpodcast is Valur Gunnarsson a historian and author of both fiction and non-fiction – including work on his travels in Ukraine. Some of Valur's work is available in English for example his Frozen Voices: The Mystery of the Vanished Vikings of Greenland (2025) and What if vikings had conquered the world? (2023). Iryna Hordiienko and Jón Ólafsson discuss the war with Valur and speculate on historical parallels and peace prospects.

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21/04/2026

Roman Dribniy – a Ukrainian journalist, tv presenter and conference host tells Jón and Iryna about daily life under war conditions in Ukraine in this interview and explains how the contingencies of war may start to seem a normal part of life.

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09/04/2026

Even before Russia launched its full-scale war in 2022, it set the groundwork by establishing distorted narratives about its “rightful” claim to Ukraine. Misunderstandings about empire, identity, and the legacies of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union still shape Western views of Russia...

03/04/2026

Andriy Danylenko is our guest on the Ukraine project podcast to talk about language colonization in Ukraine under Russian rule. Andriy explains how Ukrainian – in its different forms – always presented a problem for Russian authorities whose attempts of Russification appeared in different ways and targeted different language issues over tine. Thanks to the rich local varieties of Ukrainian the language survived – https://soundcloud.com/jon-olafsson-182806398/ukr_podcast_s01e08_030426

31/03/2026

31/03/2026

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/ukraine/

Explore EUvsDisinfo's coverage on Ukraine, detailing Kremlin's disinformation campaigns and Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression.

27/03/2026

A light casual conversation today about – yes you guessed it: Eurovision and many other things – including Telegram. Iryna Hordienko and Jón Ólafsson

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20/03/2026

Today's podcast focuses on questions that arise from a Ukrainian perspective on Pavel Talankin's and David Borenstein's documentary film Mr. Nobody against Putin. Jón and Iryna talk about the moral dilemma that this humane and sympathetic documentary can still not avoid when presenting the ordinary Russian coming to terms with Russia's war in Ukraine.

Listen to Ukr_podcast_S01E06_200326 by Jón Ólafsson on