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Kyiv Is Not a Front-Line City, and Russia Knows It

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The Musical Silk Road: Chris Sampson in Conversation with Glen Velez

Chris Sampson: To our wonderful viewers, let me welcome my dear friend, longtime influence, and awesome guy, Glen Velez. How are you, Glen?

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Russia Can Bomb Kyiv's Bridges. It Cannot Break Kyiv

Svitlana Yukhymovych & Chris Sampson | Live from Ukraine

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RUSSIAN TERROR ATTACK ON SOUTH BRIDGE - KYIV

TODAY IS OCTOBER 2, 2026

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  • Chris Sampson

    Journalist-Photographer - Videographer -Musician- Based in Ukraine - Writing about people and the war. I've been in country the entire full scale invasion and I'm not giving up on our people.

  • Egberto Willies

    A political activist, author, blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer. He's a Progressive whose favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship.”

  • Olga Lautman

    Researcher & Analyst: Russian Intelligence & Influence Operations | Senior Fellow: CEPA | Senior Investigative Researcher: Institute for European Integrity. For investigative tips: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/olgalautman

  • Brian J Karem

    Columnist. Politics, crime, sports and conflict zone reporter. Jailed 4 times to protect a confidential source. Beat Trump in court 3 times to keep my press pass. Author of "Free the Press" and seven other books.

  • Thomas Mutch

    Kiwi Journalist with a passion for writing about conflict, crime and human rights. Author of The Dogs of Mariupol. I want to know how people become heroes and villains under the most extreme and extraordinary circumstances.

  • April Ajoy

    Author of Star-Spangled Jesus. Humorously detoxing \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Christianity. I left Christian Nationalism and America should too.

  • Craig Unger

    Craig is the NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP's assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.

  • Mark S. Zaid, P.C.

    National Security Attorney; Co-founder of Whistleblower Aid; Nick Tahou's Garbage Plate lover

  • Frank Figliuzzi

    FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender

  • Moe Davis

    Retired attorney and Air Force Colonel who quit rather than use tortured evidence in the Guantanamo terrorism trials. Former law professor and Dept of Labor judge. 2020 Western NC Dem congressional candidate. Bike rider and enthusiastic beer drinker.

  • Shaun Pinner

    \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Former British Soldier & \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukrainian Marine | Author of Live.Fight.Survive | Defender of Mariupol | Writer & Independent Journalist ✍️ | Proud Husband & Father

  • Simon Ostrovsky

    Simon is a PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent and former Senior Foreign Correspondent for VICE News.

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