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Hello, hello, and welcome to The Conversation.

I'm Dasha Burns, Politico's White House Bureau Chief,

and every week on this show,

I invite one of the most compelling and sometimes unexpected power players

in Washington and beyond in for a chat

to find out how they are navigating and shaping

this incredible era of American politics.

This week, I'm focusing on the war in Ukraine.

And to kick things off, we're bringing you my interview with Ukrainian president,

Vladimir Zelensky, which I conducted in front of a live audience at this year's Munich

Security Conference.

And if I sound a little bit different, full disclosure, yes, I did pick up a cold after all that

travel. But this was a really special conversation for me, not just because Zelensky is one of the

most important figures in the world's rapidly changing global politics, but because I myself

am an immigrant from Ukraine.

Zelensky and I discussed the United States' role in ending the war, where Europe fits into

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