Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments on the Ukraine crisis in this special podcast. 

Russian President Putin has said that Ukraine belonged in the “Russian sphere” and was not entitled to the right to exist as a sovereign country. Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday (Feb 24), launching the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

In an exclusive interview, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar speaks with Kateryna Zelenko, the Ukraine ambassador to Singapore 

Highlights (click/tap above):

00:42 What is the view in Ukraine about the shared history between Ukraine and Russia?  

05:05 How important are the two self-proclaimed rebel republics of Donetsk and Luhansk to Ukraine?

10:50 Putin has said "Ukraine does not have the right to (its) sovereignty"; how acceptable is that stance for Ukraine?

18:42 Could Ukraine become the prime source of gas to Europe? 

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Edited by: ST Video team and Teo Tong Kai

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