Ukraine accelerates bid to join NATO after Russia’s annexation

Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory pushes Kyiv to apply for accelerated accession to NATO military alliance.

We’ll get reaction from Kherson and from Ukraine's first Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.

We will also speak to Ukraine’s most celebrated novelist Andrei Kurkov on his war diaries.

Also in the programme, UK Prime Minister admits her budget plan has caused "disruption" in the UK economy. We’ll hear from a former governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.

Joining Audrey Brown to discuss these and other topical issues of the day is Baroness Helic, Arminka Helic , member of the House of Lords, the Upper House of the British parliament and a politician from the governing Conservative Party and Mark Landler, American journalist and the New York Times London bureau chief.

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