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Ukrainian soldier speaks on the toll of war

As Russia continues to pound Ukraine, we speak to a former tennis player turned soldier

Ukrainian tennis player and soldier Sergiy Stakhovsky speaks to Weekend about the challenges of war and how a pneumonia condition has taken him out of the frontline of the battle.

Also in the programme: Russian historian discuss the changing nature of the US/Russia relations under President Trump and how that could affect the transatlantic relationship and we also find out how an Australian man is building a 3-D printed house.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories of the day are Jana Puglierin, German political analyst, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations- a think tank and Richard Caplan, American born Professor of International Relations at University of Oxford.

(Picture: A serviceman of the 14th Assault Brigade Chervona Kalyna of the Ukrainian National Guard carries a Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) before flying over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 26, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia)

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