As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, resistance to Russian occupation has undergone a radical transformation. The public displays of defiance that defined the war’s early days — with civilians blocking tanks and holding street protests — have long been crushed by the Kremlin’s ruthless occupation regime. By blending systematic brutality, bureaucracy, and pervasive surveillance, Russia has sought to extinguish dissent and erase Ukrainian identity in occupied regions. But this has only forced the resistance deeper underground.
In this episode of The Naked Pravda, deputy editor Eilish Hart sits down with Dr. Jade McGlynn, the head of the Ukraine and Russia program at the Center for Statecraft and National Security at King’s College London, to discuss this shift. Drawing on her extensive field research and recent report for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Dr. McGlynn analyzes how resistance efforts have adapted to survive life behind the front lines.
More content from this blog
- Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice, by Oksana Dudko and Anna Hájková – 2 May 2025
- The Revolution Nationalists Cannot Join. Interview with Nandita Sharma – 21 June 2026
- Israel’s Euphoria of ‘Victory’ over Iran Is Quickly Giving Way to Disillusionment, by Meron Rapoport – 27 June 2025
- Sexual Violence Cannot Be Anticolonial Struggle, by Catrin Lundström – 9 March 2024
- “The Simple Thing. So Hard To Achieve.” Interview with Uri Weltmann – 24 July 2022