For the first time since the war began three years ago, Ukraine was the scene of major anti-government protests earlier this month. The Guardian’s correspondent in the country, Luke Harding, heads to the streets of Kyiv to hear from protesters angry at Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attempt to strip two key anti-corruption bodies of their independence – a move that he now seems to be retreating from. Harding tells Helen Pidd that the developments come at a difficult time for Ukraine. The UN estimates that Russian attacks killed more civilians in June than in any other month since the war began. Moscow is suffering huge casualties too, but seems unlikely to stop its operations any time soon as it slowly gains territory in eastern Ukraine. So what happens next in the war? And is there any chance that Zelenskyy’s position is under threat? 
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jul/29/protests-against-zelenskyy-as-drones-torment-ukraine-podcast
