As President Zelensky conducts a whistle stop tour of Europe…. we answer your questions on whether the West is out of touch with the reality of the war and what impact elections in the US and Europe could have on support for Ukraine’s war effort. Victoria is joined by our correspondent in Kyiv Sarah Rainsford and Cold War historian Sergey Radchenko. Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Nick Sturdee. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sarah Wadeson. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480 You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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It's 961 days since Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine.
And President Zelensky has been whizzing around European capitals in recent days.
Yesterday, he met again UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Then he whizzed off to Paris for talks with President Emmanuel Macron.
And then it was Rome where he was hugged by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgio Meloni.
He was greeted by a God of honor and the Ukrainian national anthem was played for him today.
Friday, he met the Pope in the Vatican and President Zelensky gave the Pope an oil painting which showed a girl witnessing the killings and the atrocities at Bucha.
Which really takes you right back to the weeks preceding the full scale invasion.
In return, Pope Francis gave him a plaque which says, peace is a fragile flower.
And then German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
Now, obviously, President Zelenskyy is doing this to make sure these European leaders continue supporting ukra, both morally, spiritually, financially as well and militarily too, regardless of the outcome of the election in the US in less than a month.
And you have so many questions about this and other issues that hopefully we're going to answer in this episode of Ukraine Cast.
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