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ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Join us this week, "On the Edge" for our 100th episode. We speak with friend of the show, Paul Niland, about living in Ukraine and the ramifications of the war. Plus, his efforts to maintain mental health and suicide prevention with his foundation of Lifeline Ukraine. youtu.be/JTDQBw5U9ck

Paul Niland & Ukraine's Resistsnce and Mental Health (On the Edge Episode 100)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What does war look like with Artificial Intelligence making the decisions? What happens if the human element is removed? We talk about all of that and more on this week’s edition of “On the Edge” youtu.be/_Uu6ozwv8Ic

Oleksii Teplukhin & Artificial Intelligence in the Ukraine War

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Join us this week to discuss the stories the big networks aren’t talking about in Ukraine. And why that is…our collaboration with Devin Woodall and East West FM. youtu.be/SX6YPaDJUM8

Devin Woodall, Covering Ukraine for Awareness

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This week ”On the Edge” we’re joined in our Kyiv studio with Gregor Razumovsky, a descendent of the last Zaporozhian Cossack Hetman. We talk the unique identity of the Cossack, what it means to Ukrainian culture & history. And what it means today in the current war youtu.be/itoPGQjeWZ8

Gregor Razumovsky & The Cossack Spirit (OTE 96)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Join us this week "On the Edge" when we speak with Canadian couple Jean-Paul and Helen about their campaign to send postcards to the front. To send light into the darkness. youtu.be/KuWZjYXiq8k

Helen & Jean Michel: Bringing light to the Darkness in Urkaine

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Join us this week, “On the Edge”, our guest will be Former Lt Colonel Glen Grant. Her Majesty’s representative in Ukraine during the beginning of the war here in 2014. We talk about a great many topics regarding the military/geo-strategic threats from Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. youtu.be/UUPYc7fiG6U

Lt. Col. (RET.) Glen Grant & The Military/Geostrategic ramifications of Putin's War (OTE 92)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We owe a debt to those who fought with the Continental Army in our War of Independence against King George. Especially to those who came after losing their war against the Russian Empire. You may have heard of the Marquis de Lafayette but have you heard of Tadeusz Kościuszko? youtu.be/PimjnLQTJxQ

250th US Independence Day in Kyiv

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is how close the Russians came to killing me last night. But I will not be moved. I will not be cowed. As the men at Concord and Lexington knew, sometimes there are causes worth dying for. youtube.com/shorts/kuJiZ...

This is how close Moscow Came to Killing Me.

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Loud night in Kyiv. Rubble will be removed. Bodies will be buried. We will mourn. But we will not be moved. All this accomplishes for Moscow is to steel our resolve and feed our anger. St. Olha is the patron saint of vengeance and defiance for a reason.

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Join us this week, “On the Edge”, when we speak with Lisa Woods who is in Ukraine working on wounds that mostly go unseen. The psychological Wounds. youtu.be/b1imZLn4Wfw

Lisa Woods & Ukraine's Mental Health (OTE Episode 90)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This week’s episode of “On the Edge” is done in collaboration with Jonathan MS Pearce who is the host of his own channel “ATP Politics”. We speak about what has been, the reasons behind the war and where this might all be leading. I hope you will tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtQ...

Jonathan MS Pearce & Where we've been and where Ukraine is headed (OTE 89 & ATP collaboration)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Join us this week for “On the Edge” with Nataliya Gumneyuk. A Ukrainian journalist turned social sociologist to get the gauge of the people of Ukraine: youtu.be/CzVDgjrvV_k

Nataliya Garmnyuk & The Voice of the Ukrainian People

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This week “On the Edge” our guest is Troy Smothers who is the founder of American Made Freedom, an organization helping equip and develop drones for use in this war.

Troy Smothers & Helping Ukraine Win the Drone War (On the Edge Episode 87)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Join us this week, "On the Edge" when our guest will be Georgijs Ivanovs who is a content creator, fundraiser and supporter of Ukraine. youtu.be/tDBABNpLiAw

Georgijs Ivanovs & Why Ukraine Matters (On the Edge, Episode 86)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Join us this week “On the Edge” when our guest is Greg Terry…former Pastor & Christian Missionary who's focussed his efforts on support for Ukraine. We talk a wide range of topics. And our experiences and history in the region and the war. youtu.be/L5Wxurt8_pw

Greg Terry & Supporting Ukraine from the start "До Перемоги"...Until Victory. (OTE Episode 85)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This week, "On the Edge" we talk about what we are starting to hear out of the occupied areas on the East Bank of the river in Kherson Oblast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGoe...

Zarina Zabrisky & The Brutality of Russian Occupation

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This week, "On the Edge", we talk about maintaining togetherness under extreme stress. And how to keep healthy both mentally and physically. youtu.be/EoWutRovhFk

Ian Bearder & Keeping Together in Wartime Ukraine

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Join us this week "On the Edge" when our guest is Jacob Kaarsbo, formerly of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) about Kyiv's part in the growing global tensions youtu.be/BIlhlSr6tsY?...

Jacob Kaarsbo & Ukraine's Place in an Increasingly Global Conflict

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“On the Edge” will not be cut off. No matter what Moscow throws at us. After extensive repairs to our electrical infrastructure we return this week with renowned Ukrainian Journalist Nataliia Lutsenko who puts out content with War and Politics 24 from right here in Kyiv. youtu.be/Ho2ojLVykoo

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Very thankful for Ken Harbaugh and the Meidas touch network for allowing me to speak to their sizable audience in this time of crisis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d92c...

Putin SHOCKED as UKRAINE STRIKES BACK and Defies ALL ODDS

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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EMRGENCY APPEAL FOR UKRAINE w/Phil Ittner

YouTube video by Malcolm Nance

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Join us this week "On the Edge" when we speak with Yuliia Darnytska, advisor to the Mayor and European Liaison for the Northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv...which sits right near the border of Russia and Belarus: youtu.be/1w8mWSvYIxw?...

Yuliia Darnytska & Ukraine's Cities Reaching out Internationally (On the Edge Episode 76)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Join us this week "On the Edge" when we talk with Dr. Jon Unruh about land rights and reparations in the War in Ukraine: youtu.be/4CFTZnzGew4

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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Shannon Taft & Rocky Durham: Volunteering in Ukraine (On the Edge with Philip Ittner, Episode 67)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Ocean Elzy's "Обійми"...like in so much of the band's discography you can hear the pain and trauma Moscow has inflicted down through the centuries upon Ukraine. Even if you don't understand the lyrics. A beautiful moment. Well done, Coldplay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zji7...

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Join us this week when we speak with Nazar Bigun who is the CEO of a leading Ukrainian drone company, Norda Dynamics. youtu.be/iScM40NVvc8

Nazar Bigun & Ukraine's Drone Inventiveness (On the Edge with Philip Ittner Episode 66)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

This week our guest is Paul Conroy, renowned combat cameraman. We discuss the war situation here in Ukraine. But also war in general, media & the state of journalism. Additionally, we speak about if Americans really understand what it means to make politics violent youtu.be/DhQ2SOu2XLw

Paul Conroy & Bearing Witness to War (On the Edge with Philip Ittner, Episode 65)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Join us tomorrow when our guest “On the Edge” will be Luke Beasley who was just recently here in Ukraine doing his own reporting. Now that Luke is back stateside and has had some time to reflect we talk about what he saw and learned. As always, we debut at 8pm Kyiv Time. Tune in!

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Join us this week, “On the Edge” when our guest is Professor Mykola Kapitonenko of Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. Discussing how the global community approaches Kyiv and the other way around. What a sovereign state of Ukraine means for neighbors, regionally and globally: youtu.be/h3t7OHoV1bQ

Professor Mykola Kapitonenko & Kyiv's International Relations in Light of the War (OTE Episode 62)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

My recent appearance on Charles Feldman's SOS America: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKex...

Phil Ittner on 20 Years in Ukraine: Life During War, Trump, Putin & the People’s Response

YouTube video by SOS AMERICA with Charles Feldman

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Happy Ukrainian Independence Day from our Kyiv based studio ‘з днем незалежності україно!’ This week “on the Edge" we speak with Lesia Ogryzko, head of Sahaidachnyi Security Center about where Ukraine stands in the global security posture. youtu.be/7_B1Ep7k600

Lesia Ogryzko & Ukraine's Security Posture in a Global Position (On the Edge, 61)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Happy National Ukrainian Flag Day from here in Kyiv. Never again will another country's emblem be raised over Khreshchatyk!

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

In a special episode this week we speak to some of our prior guests at "On the Edge" here in Kyiv about their thoughts on the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump: youtu.be/ra356hA1Blk

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Join us "On the Edge": we speak with former executive of Russia's civilian & military arm of its Atomic energy state agency (both military & civilian), Kostyantyn Batozsky.How it's used to infiltrate/coerce the it's position globally. Also, his insight from his time in Donbas. youtu.be/-sGvFui9s-Y

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

In this Week's Episode of "On the Edge" we speak with best selling author and veteran correspondent for The Guardian Newspaper, Luke Harding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkp...

Luke Harding & The Context of Russia's War on the West (On the Edge with Philip Ittner Episode 58)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Last night they hit Privoz Market in Odesa. This will not be forgotten or forgiven. The rift continues to deepen. Odesa will never bend the knee again. youtu.be/9UfRIorPs8Y?...

The Ринок (Privoz Market, Odesa)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Please join us soon for this week's episode of "On the Edge" when we speak Elvira Bary. Who shadows my experience of going West as I went East: youtu.be/N5xDHPUx4mA

Elvira Bary & Where East Meets West (On the Edge with Philip Ittner, Episode 57)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This week we speak to a young Crimean Tatar artist, Aziza Eskender. Our topics range from the tragic heritage of Stalin's deportations from the peninsula to Uzbekistan. Also, how war and history is defining a generation of artists in Ukraine. youtu.be/CIlsrsxa61U

Aziza Eskender & Ukrainians Developing their Voices During War. (On the Edge Episode 56)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Support our Spring fundraiser: car4ukraine.com/campaigns/ea...

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Easter Pysanky: On The Edge

Car for Ukraine has joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this special Easter season. This time, our main focus is on the Seraphims of the 104th Brigade and Ch...

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

This week we speak with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee for the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament), Dr. Oleksandr Merezhko Filmed on Monday 30th of June. youtu.be/pYOubZQ6664

Dr. Oleksandr Merezhko & Ukraine's Pursuit of Liberty (On the Edge With Philip Ittner Episode 55)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Started 4th of July here with a massive attack on Kyiv. City enveloped in smoke. In no small part because the betrayal of Trump's America to provide defenses. Regardless, the people of this nation sent congratulations on the 249th Birthday of our Nation. Reminding us of our common cause for Liberty

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Join us this week “On the Edge” when we speak with Mykhailo Zhernakov, former Judge and founder of The Dejure Foundation which fights for legal reform and anti-corruption in Ukraine. youtu.be/LYQwmBbp-Ys?...

Mykhailo Zhernakov & Legal Reform in Ukraine (On the Edge with Philip Ittner, Episode 54)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Join us this week "On the Edge" when we discuss the state of Ukraine's private arms industry. From capacity, to economics, lessons, innovation and even exports. youtu.be/TpRV-ML8B7s?...

Serhiy Goncharov & Ukraine's Weapons (lessons, capabilities and production)

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Takes me right back to Portobello Road in the Nineties www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBZ...

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground - Official Video [HD]

YouTube video by drewmatic22

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This week "On the Edge" we mark our 50th Episode Milestone. And we do a deep dive into Operation Spiderweb with not one but TWO episodes! Tune in on Sunday at 8pm Kyiv time. You are bound to learn something new about this historic covert mission. www.youtube.com/@PhilipIttne...

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Join us this week for a very special double episode of “On the Edge”. Not only is it our 50th Episode milestone but we've a deep dive into the milestone in modern warfare that was "Operation Spiderweb" Sunday 8pm Kyiv time. 1pm Eastern. Mark it down in your schedule. youtube.com/@PhilipIttner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Oleksandra Matviichuk spoke to us in the latest episode of "On the Edge". www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZJ9...

Oleksandra Matviichuk & The Suffering of the War

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Join us shortly over on Youtube for the premiere of Episode 49 of “On the Edge”. Our guest this week is Oleksandra Medviichuk, Ukrainian NOBEL PEACE PRIZE recipient. We talk about Russian war crimes. And so much more. youtu.be/CZJ9kOSGtAc?...

Oleksandra Matviichuk & The Suffering of the War

YouTube video by Philip Ittner

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Always a difficult day. Aside from all the friends in uniform I remember the loss of my CBS News Colleagues, Paul and James. RIP.

ittnerphilip.bsky.social @ittnerphilip.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This #MemorialDay let us remember an American officer of the continental army without whom we might never gained our independence & republic. A son of Belarus who knew, like our other founding fathers, that despotism (whether King or Tsar) must be resisted: youtu.be/c84rBBjOF2A?...

Franak Viačorka & The Belarusian Government in Exile.

YouTube video by Philip Ittner