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coldest winter in a decade. we will have extensive coverage. and we find out out how this 170—year—old indigenous canadian jacket ended up at a vintage store in northern england. we start with the issue dominating discussions among ukraine's allies — sending leopard ii tanks to kyiv. the german chancellor 0laf scholz has decided to send leopard ii tanks to ukraine. we should know we haven't had any direct comment from the german governmentjust yet, when we hearfrom them the german governmentjust yet, when we hear from them we will pass on immediately. 0ne we hear from them we w...

the allegations. he's been granted bail and is due to appear in court again next month. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. for once, the headlines coming out of ukraine have been dominated by diplomacy rather than the latest from the war front. the leaders of the eu's three biggest countries staged a visit to kyiv on the eve of a key brussels decision — will ukraine be given official eu candidate status? for the zelensky government, it would be a symbolic prize to match the practical military and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my...

and economic assistance still urgently required. well, my guest is one of ukraine's deputy prime ministers, olha stefanishyna. is ukraine getting the backing it needs? deputy pm olha stefanishyna, in kyiv — welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thank you very much forjoining us. now, over the last few hours, you have been heavily involved in hosting the leaders of france, germany and italy in kyiv. the meeting, as we speak, is still ongoing. does the fact of this visit give you hope that you're finally going to get the levels of assistance from europe that you say you need? well, we...

Prime minister. translation: the government continues to conduct reforms i necessary for our country. this concerns building an anti—corruption edifice. this means systematic and orderly work vital for ukraine, which is a required condition for euro—integration. sojust how widespread is corruption in ukraine? in 2021, transparency international ranked the country at 122 out of 180 countries in its ranking of corrupt states. that makes it the second—most corrupt country in europe, after russia. we can now speak to ukraine deputy executive director on legal affairs for transparency interna...

Washington will also deliver those tanks, so you could say it is a victory for chancellor scholz, because he's brought in the americans as well, which is all along what he wanted, a larger alliance which would get more protection for europe. let's turn now to important development froms inside ukraine. several top ukrainian officials have resigned as part of the country's crackdown on corruption. here's what we know. a top adviser, four deputy ministers and five regional governors have now left their posts. tackling corruption is one of the eu's key demands if ukraine wants to join the bloc. t...