For the primary time for the reason that battle started three years in the past, Ukraine was the scene of main anti-government protests earlier this month.
The Guardian’s correspondent within the nation, Luke Harding, heads to the streets of Kyiv to listen to from protesters offended at Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s try to strip two key anti-corruption our bodies of their independence – a transfer that he now appears to be retreating from.
Harding tells Helen Pidd that the developments come at a tough time for Ukraine. The UN estimates that Russian assaults killed extra civilians in June than in another month for the reason that battle started.
Moscow is struggling enormous casualties too, however appears unlikely to cease its offensive any time quickly because it slowly beneficial properties territory in jap Ukraine.
So what occurs subsequent within the battle? And is there any probability that Zelenskyy’s place is beneath menace?
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