More than a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President
Vladimir Putin has escalated his military offensive. Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rallied international support for a major
resistance. And major Western powers have isolated Russia by imposing
devastating economic sanctions that leave Putin without an obvious
off-ramp.

There is no end in sight to the war on the ground.

But there’s another war being fought in parallel through news
interviews, social media posts and open source data: the information
war. And it’s happening well beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Today, Playbook author Ryan Lizza talks with CNN senior international
correspondent Matthew Chance, who’s on the ground in Ukraine, and former
White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon about the relationship
between warzone dispatches and Washington policy. 

Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Matthew Chance is a senior international correspondent for CNN.
Tom Donilon is a former National Security Advisor in the Obama
Administration.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Carlos Prieto is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.