Special · aired August 24, 2026
Was Ukraine ever a real country? The Stolen State
The myth says Ukraine is an accident of paperwork. The proof that it is not sits in archives with catalogue numbers, on paper you can look at.
An accident of paperworkFourth Universal · 1918
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Transcript
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The receipts — sources for this episode
Every claim in the episode, with where it comes from.
- The Fourth Universal, January the 22nd, 1918 — the sentence in which Ukraine declares independence. English text. Documentary collection
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Universals of the Central Rada — all four, in order. Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, 1991 — the official record. Verkhovna Rada
- The December the 1st, 1991 referendum, observed and reported by the U.S. Helsinki Commission. CSCE official report
- The referendum's figures from the Central Election Commission, on the anniversary. Crimea Platform
- The myth as told by its believers: the address of February the 21st, 2022. Official transcript