Dame Melinda Simmons speaks to Oxford Union President, Hannah Edwards, about her time as the UK's Ambassador to Ukraine as the war with Russia began. Dame Melinda talks about the changes in diplomacy over the course of her career and the value of social media in modern diplomacy.

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