Episode Details

US special envoy, Steve Witkoff is travelling to Russia ahead of the latest deadline set for Putin to sign a ceasefire. While Ukraine’s future is being discussed abroad however, there’s been a growing domestic crisis surrounding the country’s long battle with corruption. Is Volodymyr Zelensky’s handling of the issue a mere misstep, or will it fundamentally reframe how his government is viewed abroad?

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Guest: Maxim Tucker, Ukraine correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Calum MacDonald

Producer: Kate Lamble

Read more: 

• How Ukraine’s air defence warriors take aim at Putin’s drone swarms
• Anti-corruption bodies arrest four over drone sales fraud

Clips:  AP, BBC News, Fox News, Times Radio, Kyiv Independent, Tucker Carlson Network.

Photo: Getty Images.

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