Global Courant 2023-05-18 22:49:24
Video duration 28 minutes 20 seconds
African peacekeeping mission to visit Kiev and Moscow as Russia intensifies missile strikes.
Fifteen months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received further military support from European allies.
They promised more weapons, training and money, but stopped delivering the F-16 fighter jets he said could be a game-changer.
As Russia ramps up its missile strikes ahead of an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive, six African leaders plan a peacekeeping mission to Moscow and Kiev.
What are the interests at stake and how can they shift political alliances?
Presenter: Nastasya Tay
Guests:
Peter Zalmayev – Executive Director of Eurasia Democracy Initiative, a non-profit organization promoting democracy in transitional post-communist societies
Samuel Ramani – Associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and author of the book Putin’s War on Ukraine
Vladimir Sotnikov – Associate Professor of International Relations at the Higher School of Economics University and specialist in Russian foreign affairs
