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Putin's troops gain ground: How will the West respond?

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March 21, 2024

As Russian troops continue to push forward, Social Democrats from Olaf Scholz's party are considering the possibility of "freezing" the conflict. Could this benefit Putin? Our guests: Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel), Ben Hodges (Former US-Commander in Europe), Yuliya Bidenko (Zois-Berlin)

 

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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, he is former Commanding General, United States Army Europe and now Chairman of GLOBSEC Future Security and Defence Council (FSDC). 
 

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Malte Lehming, Senior Editor of the Berlin based newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel. 

 

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Yuliya Bidenko, she is associate professor at Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine and visiting researcher at the Center for East European and International Studies (ZOIS) in Berlin.  

 

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