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episode 5237: How Ukraine Is Fighting On The Digital Battlefield
Time's Vera Bergengruen says Ukraine's citizen IT force, led by a 31-year-old minister of digital transformation, is blunting Russian disinformation and galvanizing international support. The Ukrainian government has enlisted as many as 300,000 citizens to volunteer for the so-called IT army. "There are people who worked at tech companies, who had startups, who are cybersecurity experts, and many of them are just ordinary citizens who raised their hands," Bergengruen says.
Also, John Powers reviews Slow Horses, the new six-part spy thriller series on Apple TV+, starring Gary Oldman.