Morning Jolt: Is There a Future for Zelensky after the War?

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY

March 20 2024

Is There a Future for Zelensky after the War?

On the menu today: Just one brief air-raid alert Tuesday afternoon, otherwise all was quiet in Kyiv yesterday. A conversation with an experienced journalist running a popular and trusted news site in the Ukrainian capital reveals the cost of the war on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and offers serious questions about whether Zelensky wants to keep running his country after the war ends. Also, a nuanced assessment of the Ukrainian government's restrictions of television networks; the explosion of alternate, uncontrollable news-gathering and dissemination through social media; and the challenges of running a newspaper in a city that endured Russian bombardment, and still lives with that continuing threat. Plus, an ordinary Ukrainian asks me if America will help Ukraine save itself.

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