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Is Ukraine ready to compromise for peace?

Why Zelensky鈥檚 vision for ending the war may be changing.

Why President Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 vision for the end of the war may be changing. After a week of escalation between Ukraine and Russia, we look at the prospect of a peace agreement being reached in 2025. With Moscow making gains on the ground and Donald Trump鈥檚 election victory casting uncertainty on the future of US military aid, Zelensky has said Ukraine must do everything it can to end the war through diplomacy next year. But what would Vladimir Putin want from a peace deal? And what is Zelensky willing to give up? On this episode, Lucy Hockings speaks to the 成人快手鈥檚 diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams, who is in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Producers: Peter Goffin and Alix Pickles

Sound engineers: Jack Graysmark and Mike Regaard

Assistant editors: Sergi Forcada Freixas and Richard Moran

Senior news editor: Sara Wadeson

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