Episode description

Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, discusses Ukraine’s Kursk incursion with Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former defence minister and chair of the Centre for Defence Strategies in Kyiv. What is the strategy behind the move? How could it affect the fighting elsewhere on the frontline and could it prove to be a turning point in the war?  Clips: Global News; France 24

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Presented by Benn Hall. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi.

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