{"id":358,"date":"2023-10-24T17:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edi.lt\/renginiai\/owen-matthews-knygos-pristatymas\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:56:52","slug":"book-launch-by-owen-matthews","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/edi.lt\/en\/events\/book-launch-by-owen-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Book launch by Owen Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 11 May 2023, while the British historian, journalist and Spectator contributor Owen Matthews was in Vilnius, we hosted the presentation of his new book Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin&#8217;s War Against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The book examines the roots of Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine, its geopolitical and cultural factors, Putin&#8217;s inner circle and the course of the war from the annexation of Crimea in 2014 to February 2022. The author&#8217;s pessimistic forecast for the end of the war led to a lively discussion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"edi-gal\">\n<div class=\"head\">\n<h2>Photos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"nav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"p\" aria-label=\"Previous\"><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"n\" aria-label=\"Next\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"track\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-2-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Owen Matthews knygos pristatymas: renginio akimirka\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-3-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Owen Matthews knygos pristatymas: renginio akimirka\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-4-768x1153.jpg\" alt=\"Owen Matthews knygos pristatymas: renginio akimirka\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-303-5-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Owen Matthews knygos pristatymas: renginio akimirka\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2322,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"In Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine, Matthews examines the origins of Russia's war against Ukraine, the geopolitical and cultural factors, Putin's inner circle, and the evolution of the war from the annexation of Crimea in 2014 to February 2022. 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