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Mar 2025
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Trump vs. Zelenskyy: With friends like t...

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How can Zelenskyy work with a US President he fundamentally can’t trust? Trump’s decision to pause US aid to Ukraine was the final act in a seismic weekend which sent shockwaves through Europe. Following the dire spectacle of Trump and Vance rounding on Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, is the relationship now purely coercive?  Oz Katerji talks to Kyiv-based con ... Show More
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