Our Man with the Enemy

On February 24, 2022, Russia invades Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin brings war back to Europe. Soon, most Western journalists leave Moscow. Understandably so; in Putin's Russia, a journalist can easily end up behind bars for years. But as a result, we view this war primarily through Western lenses. Through Ukrainian lenses. Journalist Thomas Erdbrink does things differently. He travels to Russia specifically to look through the Russians' lenses. What do they see? What do they believe? And how do they justify this war?