418. Battleground Big Picture: Power Struggles in Kyiv - The Story Behind the Government Reshuffle
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The episode discusses the internal power struggles in Ukraine, focusing on the potential government reshuffle and the challenges faced by the free press amid the war.
"If Zelenskyy decides to remove Fedorov, it’s gonna be his biggest mistake during the war." Welcome to the inaugural episode of Battleground: The Big Picture , where we cut through the fog of information to bring you the unfiltered reality of global conflicts. In this episode, we sit down with Oleksiy Sorokin , the co-founder and deputy chief editor of The Kyiv Independent . Oleksiy pulls back the curtain on the immense pressures facing the free press in Ukraine, the shifting dynamics of power within the Zelenskyy administration, and the ground-level realities of combating sophisticated Russian disinformation. From the decline of oligarch rule to the critical military dependency on Western air defence, this episode offers an essential, clear-eyed look at the internal and external forces shaping the future of the region. Highlights: The Birth of The Kyiv Independent : How a team of journalists took back control of their voices after being abruptly fired from the Kyiv Post for refusing to silence their political reporting. Inside the Russian Mindset: An analysis of why domestic support for the war is shifting due to practical daily hardships—like fuel shortages and economic…
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