The Weekend Intelligence: Crunch time for Ukraine
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🗓️ 28 September 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Ukraine’s President has been in New York this week. With a victory plan in his pocket, he’s been shoring up support at the UN and among America’s presidential contenders.
On the world stage Mr Zelensky presents a united front but back home things are a little more patchy. It's crunch time for Ukraine. Winter is coming, some Western partners are tiring, Ukrainians are tiring too. In this special episode of The Weekend Intelligence our Editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes travels to Ukraine to speak to generals, soldiers and civilians to find out what lies ahead.
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| 1:21.4 | On yesterday's show, we took a look at Volodymere Zelensky's trip to America, |
| 1:26.5 | how the Ukrainian president president with a plan for |
| 1:28.9 | victory in his pocket is shoring up support at the UN and among America's presidential contenders. |
| 1:35.7 | This is the picture that much of the world gets, Mr. Zelensky as avatar of Ukraine's people, |
| 1:41.7 | their resolve, their unity of purpose. On the ground, it is far, far more complicated, so we're going to take you there. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm Jason Palmer and this is the Weekend Intelligence. |
| 1:57.0 | Our editor-in-chief, Zeniminton Beddows, traveled to Ukraine, |
| 2:02.0 | meeting generals, soldiers, and civilians near the front lines |
| 2:05.3 | to get a real gauge of the answer to a question that Mr. Zelensky is not posing. |
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