# Holding Ground: Ukraine, Russia, and the Politics of Persistence

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence.md
Podcast: [War on the Rocks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230)
Published: 2025-10-15T14:24:00+00:00
Episode link: https://warontherocks.libsyn.com/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/warontherocks/WOTR_Episode_2025.10.15.mp3?dest-id=298196
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-on-the-rocks-935230/episodes/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence
Duration seconds: 2253

## Resource

Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot join Ryan to discuss the state of the front, how Ukraine and Russia are staying in the fight, the possible provision of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, contingencies expected and unexpected, the failures of Russian diplomacy, and what the most important developments of the year so far have been.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-on-the-rocks-935230/episodes/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230/holding-ground-ukraine-russia-and-the-politics-of-persistence.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.