Ukrainian journalists tackle corruption, calling out misuse of resources

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The European Union has agreed to start accession talks with Ukraine next year. But further progress will depend on the country meeting tough conditions, particularly in the fight against corruption. Many of those conditions are actually defined not by Brussels, but by Ukrainian civil society activists, who ask the EU to demand the reforms that they themselves deem necessary. The country has a vibrant and determined community of anti-corruption activists and journalists, who after holding off for the first few months of Russia's full-scale invasion, have lately redoubled their vigilance. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg reports.