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What’s behind domestic political pressure on Ukraine’s president?

What’s behind domestic political pressure on Ukraine’s president?
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces mounting domestic political pressure amid corruption investigations into senior officials and intensifying Russian-Ukrainian military operations. He has rejected calls for wartime elections as international leaders visit the country to mark its Independence Day.

International leaders have visited Ukraine to mark its Independence Day as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects calls for wartime elections.

But domestic political pressure has been growing amid the latest corruption investigations into senior government officials while Russian and Ukrainian attacks intensify.

What’s the impact?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Oleksandr Sushko – executive director of the International Renaissance Foundation, a Ukrainian charitable organisation, and former co-chairman of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform

Olexiy Haran – professor of comparative politics at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and head of research at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation

Michael Bociurkiw – global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council

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Source: Al Jazeera

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