What's behind domestic political pressure on Ukraine's president? | Inside Story

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International leaders visit Ukraine to mark its independence day as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again rejects calls for a wartime election. But domestic political pressure has been growing amid the latest corruption investigations into senior government officials while Russian and Ukrainian attacks intensify. What's the impact? Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Oleksandr Sushko - Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation, a Ukrainian charitable organisation; former co-chair EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform Olexiy Haran - Professor of Comparative Politics at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Head of Research at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation Michael Bociurkiw - global affairs analyst; senior fellow at The Atlantic Council Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Zelenskyy #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineIndependenceDay #Russia #Politics #AlJazeeraEnglish

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