📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Oleksiy Arestovych. Read the accompanying article: https://unherd.com/2024/01/oleksiy-arestovych-zelenskyys-challenger/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page At the start of the war, Oleksiy Arestovych was the spokesman for President Zelenskyy and one of the most recognisable faces on Ukrainian TV. His nightly briefings on the status of the war earned him the nickname the ‘therapist-in-chief’ and at one point his approval ratings were second only to the President. Since then, he has become a fierce critic of the Zelenskyy administration and has left the country to avoid multiple prosecutions. Now he plans to run for president against Zelenskyy at the next election. In his first Western media interview since his fall-out with the Government, he spoke from the United States to Freddie Sayers. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:27 - Introduction 01:27 - 08:05 - Oleksiy Arestovych discusses his criticisms of Zelensky and his strategy in the Ukraine war 08:05 - 13:11 - Arestovych’s prediction for the future of the Ukraine war 13:11 - 17:05 - What is Arestovych’s plan for Ukraine? 17:05 - 22:37 - War casualty numbers and the problem of mobilisation 22:37 - 25:25 - Why is Arestovych not on the front line? Does he have connections to Russia? 25:25 - 29:36 - What went wrong with Ukraine’s counteroffensive? 29:36 - 31:05 - Should Ukraine aim to retake Crimea? 31:05 - 35:34 - Arestovych: We need a new system for European defence 35:34 - 41:34 - What really happened at the Istanbul peace negotiations? 41:34 - 45:05 - Are we at the end of the modern era? 45:05 - 47:01 - What does Arestovych think of Aleksandr Dugin? 47:01 - 52:50 - Ukraine’s place in the new world order 52:50 - 57:46 - Arestovych outlines his presidential plan for Ukraine 57:46 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #Zelensky #Ukraine