Zelenskyy Sacks Defense Minister, Putin Meets Erdogan, Americans Celebrate Labor Day
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🗓️ 4 September 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is shaking up the top ranks of his government. |
| 0:07.0 | He says it's time for a new approach and a new leader of Ukraine's defense ministry. |
| 0:11.6 | What's this mean for the ongoing counter-offensive against Russia? |
| 0:14.4 | I'm Daniel Estren, that's Leyla Fadal, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.9 | Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet with his Turkish counterpart today, could the meeting |
| 0:25.0 | revive a vital deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain to the world? |
| 0:29.4 | And workers in the U.S. are celebrating this Labor Day with a day off, and Americans |
| 0:33.3 | say unions are stronger today than they were five years ago. |
| 0:36.4 | It's been a long time since this country has seen workers united like this. |
| 0:42.7 | A long time. |
| 0:44.7 | So stay with us, we'll give you the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:55.8 | Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky has sacked the country's defense minister. |
| 1:00.2 | The move comes after corruption scandals involving military contractors. |
| 1:04.4 | It also comes near the end of a grinding and costly summer counter-offensive that so |
| 1:08.9 | far has failed to bring major victories against Russia. |
| 1:12.3 | NPR's Brian Mann is following developments in Kiev and joins us now, hi, Brian. |
| 1:16.6 | Hey, good morning. |
| 1:17.6 | Good morning. |
| 1:18.6 | So this is being called the biggest shake-up in Kiev since the Russia invasion. |
| 1:22.7 | Why the shake-up now? |
| 1:25.5 | In making this announcement, Zelensky wasn't specific about the timing, but he said change |
| 1:30.0 | is needed. |
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