Podcast: Can Ukraine find a unifying national message?

Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC host the New Statesman's weekly global affairs podcast, World Review.

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JUNE 29: Ukraine player Artem Dovbyk (r) celebrates after scoring the winning goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Round of 16 match between Sweden and Ukraine at Hampden Park on June 29, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Ido Vock in Odessa joins Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC to discuss Ukraine’s national identity before its team play their first European Championships quarter-final against England. They ask whether the Russian- and Western-leaning sides of the country can find a unifying message, and look at the efforts of President Volodymyr Zelensky to tackle oligarchs and corruption.

In You Ask Us, they take listener questions on how Ukraine sees it’s relationship with the US after the election of Joe Biden.

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