Exclusive interview: Ukraine's new Minister of Defense

Amanpour

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Facing the likelihood of a long war against Russia, Ukraine is seemingly ready for a strategic reset – a move that President Zelensky has marked with a new defense minister. Rustem Umerov took on the new role less than three weeks ago with plans to rebuild Ukraine’s store of ammunition by ramping up local production wherever possible. In his first and exclusive interview, he joins the show to discuss the progress of the counteroffensive, his nation’s weapons systems, and the fate of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Chief, who was seen today in a Kremlin video despite Ukraine’s claims to have killed him. Also on today's show: US House Democrat Pat Ryan; Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Iranian women's rights activist Elahe Tavakolian To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:10.2	Descending our people we want our people to be free my exclusive interview with
0:15.8	Ukraine's brand new defense minister he tells me how the war and the whole
0:20.4	country are entering a new phase.
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0:26.1	The blame game heats up in Washington as hard-lined Republicans
0:29.8	push government into a shutdown,
0:31.9	the latest with Democratic congressmen at Ryan.
0:35.0	And...
0:37.0	The Iranian activists blinded during the country's crackdown.
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0:46.0	Also ahead, as migrants surge at the US southern border,
0:50.0	expert Muzaffa Chishti tells Harry Sri
0:52.6	Nervasan why it must now be called a crisis. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. A reset for
1:17.4	Ukraine for the war and for the country's military machine as they settle in for the
1:22.2	long haul against Russian aggression.
1:24.8	President Zelensky has appointed a new defense minister to mark this shift.
1:28.8	He's 41-year-old Rustem Umerov and he got the job just 20 days ago. In his first and exclusive interview tonight,
1:36.3	Umerov tells me his ministry is getting a reboot and there'll be new emphasis on
1:41.5	building up Ukraine's own arms industry as the US and
1:45.2	European allies start to wonder how long and how much more they can provide.
1:50.0	He tells me the counter-offensive is making progress, and I began by asking him about the fate of
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