The Take: How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war
As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place in Abu Dhabi.
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Russia is exploiting Ukraine’s coldest winter yet since it invaded the country four years ago. As United States-brokered ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine continue to stall, will this winter freeze become Ukraine’s breaking point?
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- Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa), deputy chief editor, Kyiv Independent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Marcos Bartolomé, and Melanie Marich, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Maya Hamadeh, Tuleen Barakat, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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