As Russian forces have withdrawn from around Kyiv, Ukrainians have found shocking scenes of civilians executed and evidence of alleged war crimes. But Russia isn’t leaving these towns to give up on its war in Ukraine.

Today, world editor for The Saturday Paper Jonathan Pearlman, on the race to gather evidence of war crimes and Vladimir Putin’s new plan to win the war in Ukraine.

Guest: World editor for The Saturday Paper, Jonathan Pearlman.

Background reading: Evidence of atrocities as Russians retreat from Kyiv in The Saturday Paper.

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