Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. With its surprise offensive into russian territory, ukraine has successfully changed the narrative in its war with russia. No longer is kyiv simply focused on grim defence as putin s forces grind forward in eastern ukraine. But what is the long term strategy here? president zelensky talks of creating a buffer zone inside russia. But for how long and at what cost? are kyiv s allies on board with what looks like a high risk gambit? well, my guest is one of ukraine s deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. Ukraine s move is daring, but is it borne of desperation? olha stefanishyna in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Greetings from kyiv, stephen. Thank you very much. Now, madam deputy prime minister, you re a senior member of the ukrainian government. Tell me, when did you first know of the plan to launch a major ukrainian offensive inside russian territory? well, as long as i m a member of the government. I m not a military person, so, of course, this
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