François Picard welcomes Daria Kaleniuk, Executive Director of the Anti‑Corruption Action Centre, who argues that Ukraine’s wartime challenge extends beyond the battlefield to institutional reform. Kaleniuk maintains that military success and democratic resilience are inseparable from a comprehensive overhaul of the defence establishment. While applauding President Zelensky’s appointment of a younger, reform‑oriented chief of staff, she stresses that this is only the first step. The deeper struggle, in her view, is governance: eliminating entrenched corruption, ensuring transparent procurement, preserving civilian oversight, and protecting reform‑driven officials from removal.
