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Amanpour

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After four years of virtual stalemate in Ukraine, both Kyiv and the Kremlin are trying to use the war in Iran to their own advantage. President Zelensky visited the Middle East, offering battle-tested expertise on fending off Iran's done attacks, while Russia reportedly backs Iran with critical intelligence and weapons support, and for now, gains from soaring global oil prices. Zelensky joined Christiane from Kyiv.  Also on today's show: historian Timothy Snyder; Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna    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.

0:07.0

When you think that you have to close one war and then, you know, mediate another, I think that

0:17.0

it doesn't work this way. With Ukraine's future now tied to the war on Iran,

0:23.1

President Volodymyr Zelensky joins me to discuss

0:25.7

how he has to compete for America's attention.

0:29.2

And are President Trump's apocalyptic threats,

0:32.9

warning of the death of a whole civilization and such,

0:35.7

only words?

0:37.0

Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism,

0:40.3

reads between the lines of Donald Trump's messages.

0:43.3

Then,

0:44.3

This really is just a catastrophe that continues to pile on

0:47.3

for the people of Sudan.

0:49.3

Three brutal years of war in Sudan.

0:51.3

Harry Sreenovassan speaks with Mercy Corps CEO, Jada McKenna, who's just returned from that

0:58.0

devastated region.

1:22.3

Thank you. Welcome to the program, everyone, I'm Christiana Manpur in London.

1:29.6

Four years of virtual stalemate in Ukraine, now could the outcome of this war with Russia depend on Iran?

1:34.3

Both Kiev and the Kremlin are trying to use this other war to their own advantage.

1:40.8

President Zelensky visited the Middle East offering battle-tested expertise and experience on fending off Iran's drone attacks, while Russia reportedly backs Iran with critical intelligence and weapons support.

1:47.9

And for now, it gains from soaring global oil prices.

1:52.2

President Zelenskyy says every dollar Putin makes is more fuel for his war.

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