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Broken, Not Giving Up: A Conversation with Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Former Foreign Minister, on What Victory Means for Ukraine, Wartime Democracy and Why the West Keeps Getting Russia Wrong

In this interview, I spoke to Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's Foreign Minister from 2020 to 2024, about what Putin now counts as victory, what victory means for Ukraine, how a democracy survives a…

Dmytro Kuleba 30 Oct 2026 17 min read

Politics & Policy

Kira Rudik: Ukrainian Parliament Leader on Democracy

In this interview, I speak to Kira Rudik. She is a Member of Parliament of Ukraine and First Deputy Chairwoman of the Parliament Committee on Digital Transformation. Kira is Leader of Golos…

Kira Rudik 23 Feb 2023 10 min read

Politics & Policy

Russia-Ukraine War – Simon Smith CMG Interview

On 24th February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War (which began in 2014). Whilst exact figures are difficult to establish, by May 2022, some 8 million…

Simon Smith 31 Oct 2022 14 min read