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Ukraine: The Human Price of War Episode 4

J. Stephen Morrison and Justin Kenny
May 25, 2022
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J. Stephen Morrison and Justin Kenny. "Ukraine: The Human Price of War Episode 4." CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 25, 2022. Accessed December 21, 2023. https://healthsecurity.csis.org/articles/ukraine-the-human-price-of-war-episode-4/

At the three-month mark of Russia's invasion, Ukraine, while fragile and vulnerable, is surviving. In the face of a long and bloody war of attrition unfolding in the East and the South, as Russia blockades Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, the human toll for Ukraine's citizens is likely to worsen. Can massive Western assistance reach Ukraine in time to defeat Putin? Can the transatlantic alliance hold together under mounting stress? An exceptionally high volume of Russian attacks on healthcare persists, drawing the condemnation of the World Health Organization leadership. An historic moment in international justice may be emerging, when it is possible to bring Russian war criminals to justice.

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At the three-month mark of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine, while fragile and vulnerable, is surviving. In the face of a long and bloody war of attrition unfolding in the East and the South, as Russia blockades Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea, the human toll for Ukraine’s citizens is likely to worsen. Can massive Western assistance reach Ukraine in time to defeat Putin? Can the transatlantic alliance hold together under mounting stress? An exceptionally high volume of Russian attacks on healthcare persists, drawing the condemnation of the World Health Organization leadership. An historic moment in international justice may be emerging, when it is possible to bring Russian war criminals to justice.

The episode features Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs & Defense Correspondent at PBS Newshour; Derek Chollet, Counselor at the United States Department of State; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme; Jarno Habicht, WHO Representative in Ukraine at the World Health Organization; Oleksii Laramenko, Deputy Minister for European Integration at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; Anzhela Moiseienko, Chairman of the Board at 100% Life Chernihiv Network; Apoorva Mandavilli, Reporter at the New York Times; Len Rubenstein, Director, Program on Human Rights, Health and Conflict and Author of Perilous Medicine (2021); Judyth Twigg, Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University; Max Bergmann, Director of the CSIS Europe Program; Seth G. Jones, CSIS Senior Vice President and Harold Brown Chair/Director of the CSIS International Security Program; and J. Stephen Morrison, CSIS Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.

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J. Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center

J. Stephen Morrison is senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and director of its Global Health Policy Center. Dr. Morrison writes widely, has directed several high-level commissions, and is a frequent commentator on U.S. foreign policy, global health, Africa, and foreign assistance.

Justin Kenny Small Footprint Films

Justin Kenny is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker and owner of Small Footprint Films- a news documentary production company. In 2017, he wrote and directed (with CSIS’s Stephen Morrison) _The New Barbarianism_ a CSIS Global Health Policy Center film about the rise in attacks on medical workers and other humanitarians in today’s wars. The film debuted on PBS in March 2018 and won first place in the Los Angeles Film Awards. From 2012-2015, Kenny led the PBS NewsHour’s international coverage as the program’s Foreign Editor/Senior Producer and won many prestigious awards including two Emmys, a George Foster Peabody Award and a National Headliner Award. He is currently filming and directing his first independent feature documentary, "The Boy From Serniki", a film about Holocaust survivor and war crimes prosecution witness Nathan Bobrov.

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