Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After visiting with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, where does Donald Trump stand on the Ukraine-Russia war—and where does that leave Ukraine?
Guest: Tim Mak, editor of the Kyiv-based publication The Counteroffensive.
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| 1:19.5 | When I got Tim Mack on the line yesterday, he was getting ready to have something of a slumber party. |
| 1:27.5 | Tim's a reporter in Ukraine. He founded a news organization called the Counter Offensive. |
| 1:32.7 | He and his newsroom colleagues were staying up late because the biggest news in Ukraine was about to happen thousands of miles away, in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:37.4 | There was a meeting between President Trump and Volodomir Zelensky. |
| 1:41.6 | I often think that Americans don't pay as close attention to American politics as |
| 1:46.6 | Ukrainians do, and for good reason, right? |
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