<description>&lt;p&gt;Russia is exploiting Ukraine&amp;rsquo;s coldest winter yet since it escalated the war four years ago. As negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States continue to stall, will this winter freeze become Ukraine&amp;rsquo;s breaking point?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li aria-level="1"&gt;Oleksiy Sorokin (&lt;a href="https://x.com/mrsorokaa?lang=en"&gt;@mrsorokaa&lt;/a&gt;), Deputy Chief Editor, Kyiv Independent&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Episode credits:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Marcos Bartolom&amp;eacute;, and Melanie Marich, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Maya Hamadeh, Tuleen Barakat, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is The Take&amp;rsquo;s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera&amp;rsquo;s head of audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with us:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;@AJEPodcasts on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AJEPodcasts"&gt;X&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajepodcasts/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/AJEPodcasts"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzGHKb8i9vTwjZkiFu6LhzsLUKFkYO60I"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Take

Al Jazeera

How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war

FEB 5, 202622 MIN
The Take

How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war

FEB 5, 202622 MIN

Description

Russia is exploiting Ukraine’s coldest winter yet since it escalated the war four years ago. As negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States continue to stall, will this winter freeze become Ukraine’s breaking point? In this episode:  Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa), Deputy Chief Editor, Kyiv Independent Episode credits: This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Marcos Bartolomé, and Melanie Marich, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Maya Hamadeh, Tuleen Barakat, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.  Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.  Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube