{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/68810c4df6d4262b07da0463?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Anti-government protests break out in Kyiv & our clash with Russian sympathisers on the frontline of Cold War II","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/1753287752171-bd956330-13d3-4a4c-b3c2-e4785657176d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Day 1,246.</strong></p><p>Today, after a historic vote in the Ukrainian parliament which sparked the country’s biggest protest in wartime, we assess the damage to President Zelensky’s credibility following his decision to approve a bill some argue has gifted Putin a propaganda victory. Then we take you to Moldova – a nation on Europe’s edge, with the first of a two-part dispatch that includes our clash with Russian-sympathising politicians outside of the parliament.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>Svitlana Morenets (Staff writer at <em>The Spectator). </em>@SvMorenets on X.</p><p>With thanks to Radu Marian, Member of Parliament of Moldova.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content Referenced:</strong></p><p>VIDEO DISPATCH: 'Moldova is worse than Ukraine': My clash with Russian sympathisers on the frontline of Cold War Two (Francis Dearnley for <em>The Telegraph</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC5FvDt-u0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC5FvDt-u0</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Anti-government protests break out in Kyiv (The Telegraph):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/22/zelensky-destroys-ukraine-anti-corruption-agencies/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/22/zelensky-destroys-ukraine-anti-corruption-agencies/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Zelensky dismantles Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure, brings law enforcement agencies under his thumb (<em>Kyiv Independent</em>): <a href=\"https://kyivindependent.com/potential-elimination-of-ukraines-anti-graft-infrastructure-signals-slide-into-authoritarianism-may-block-eu-integration/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://kyivindependent.com/potential-elimination-of-ukraines-anti-graft-infrastructure-signals-slide-into-authoritarianism-may-block-eu-integration/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p><strong>Email:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}