BBCNEWS HARDtalk July 6, 2024
first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck close to the border with syria. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in vladimir putin's mind, ukraine is a fake state manipulated by the west. his effort to drag it back into the russian world began long before his all out invasion a year ago. back in 2014, he showed his contempt for kyiv sovereignty in crimea and the donbas. ironically, putin's denial of ukraine's identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is olesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sister of a f...