Ukraine’s winter of pressure

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Sep 18, 202627:21News & Politics

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Jana Kobzova , co-director of ECFR’s European Security programme, to discuss the mounting pressures facing Ukraine as it enters another wartime winter. Despite Ukraine’s success in di...

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