my, you know, this is a very difficult journey and one is verify. everything on your stuff. find out about some on storage info, migrant, reliable news for migrating the slow crew conflicts, and ukraine will soon head into its 3rd year with the pressure on care to advance on the battlefield and re energized support in the west. my guess from belin is alexander w. director of the con, the russia, you raise your center. the bad news is that unfortunately, there's support for you raid in the west or how public is going down for now. rush is, economy has stabilized and mr. pretend inside pick on war crimes charges is none. the less finding plenty of friends to talk to and visit. so will,

is new found confidence tim, tim into a big a will with ukraine. i've even a fights with nato. the boy of welcome to config zone. thank you so much for having me. a week ago, nato secretary general young stalking by one of your lives to expect bad news from the war and ukraine. he didn't say what you bring, take you a long hard look at this war is you credit on the way to losing? i don't think that you create is all on the way to losing now, but next year will definitely be crucial. and if you pray is not of the book position next year that, that buy shape the trajectory up the call like towards loss of war by ip. so what we're seeing at the moment, this is the ad and slow the do you often see with major conflict? that's true. and i think that the comparison bases for this coffee could be blown.

one work, the lens, the iraq iran war. we're now seeing that the green has lost the initiative. it's pushing on some direction without major gains. it's summer counter offensive has not yielded in major comb, but victories. and then the russians are now on advance with terrible losses on their side and both material in equipment. but the russians are advancing. and what's more russians have a lot of money pumped into their military industrial complex and into recruiting use soldiers. so now the material advantage is gradually on the russian side, and without massive support for ukraine. we might be seen this accomplish on a trajectory for russia's victory e by the food and doesn't that cheapest max, and will the stick objected. so let's talk about the chances of uh, massive support for your crime. because last month, nato foreign ministers tried to put the best face on the situation. they promised

unwavering support as they portraits as the ukrainians bravely defend the country. um, the figures tell a different story down they know quite adding up to on wavering support. i mean you brand to revive keith with 50000000000 euros and budget support. that's stuck in committee. a $60000000000.00 fund promised by the white house is stuck in congress . this is bad news, isn't that the bad news is bad. unfortunately, there's support for your trade in the west or all public is going down. and then it also became a stores for olympics making for domestic purposes in the us and also for intra european union and conflict between some get we're gonna ledger ship and the rest of the union inside the you. we're talking at the moment when president

zelinski is scheduled to arrive in washington dc. he's most likely to speak to the leather ship, all the senate, and the congress gets about to see prison bite. and so i think that the, the amount of support of the us and the timing, whether the really radians get the money they need to defend themselves for next year is up in the, or the fact that it's not kind of a guarantee that very well scheduled train of support is a bad news, but i think that it's too early to be desperate. but i think that the gerry warning side is that it's most likely will be the last massive package for the next year. and the question is how wisely the ukrainians are to spend it. later this week usually does meet in brussels with the possibility of making a historic decision to open. accession talks with ukraine hungry has threatened to block the move you mentioned hungry a moment ago. either way,

decisions that at this meeting, put aside the outcome of this war, couldn't buy supplies to you kind of already being drastically affected. but i think that it's not deciding the outcomes of this more. but i think that if we don't have a positive decision mask, that 8. uh, uh, what support for you free, then the trajectory all the the call to cuz going to a negative direction for to you. and despite the bravery of the crate in defendants and the resilience all the ukraine, as a society without massive influx or western material support the situation of a pretty dar mikaela, instituted for the world economy set down the december. the 7th. newly committed aid to ukraine reached a new low between august and october this year, but almost 90 percent dropped compared to the same period last year. the crumbling must be jumping for joy, trouble it is,

and we've seen president put in gloating around out. i think he's meeting with rational and was senior military staff. she was awarding keywords across shop awards a couple of days ago. and he said that the freight does nat calling me, does it have its own defense base? and this is why the trajectory all the columns they for is in rushes fever, right? so you might be wrong long term, but sees unfortunately, right, right now. and it's everything in the hands of western political leadership. the problem is separate and brought the white house national security advisor jake sullivan said last week, but any short, full in funding would quickly compromise ukraine's defense capabilities in your view. how long does you credit and have to get the weapons? it's calling for bits for its troops, not only failed to advance, but actually begin to retreat. oh, there is

a discussion inside the trade in senior military leadership and the political leadership as well as among friends off you prayed in the west. what's the best strategy? the ukraine should follow right now because russia is probably dock in what you real advantage is on the russian side. whether it makes sense for the crate to try to break through the russian lines given how exhaust fluid strips off for the better approach for now is not the chase counter offense slips next year. but dig it in 40 by defenses. be able to retrieve the troops, do another round up invalidation train war troops, and then come war prepared, probably in 2025. i think that's a probably be the issue right now. and depending on the decisions that the visitor, our leadership and political leadership will date, we'll see how they will go about whatever happened to all those extravagant

promises that the ukraine received over the last 2 and 3 months, which with folsom and in many ways unique look at the way, the last, almost overnight into an organization that supplies military hardware look at the change of how often gemini be much publicized site. and then the turning point in history. the jobs to show spoke up, was that in your view or was a time line attached to the west largest. moscow was believed, always believed that hasn't it? the most good deeds ben's on the fact that wisdom support or ukraine will evaporate at some point, that moscow has much more at stake. given disappointment is up session over this war and given how seemingly united the society is behind this war, i think that based on the work done by my colleagues aren't get dolman and read the less make it without partners. so see ologist dennis ball comp. we see down around

20 percent, a die hard supporters for these, for the russian side and about 50 percent are very ass up and we'll go into whatever direction the risk. so on the russian side you have, it cannot be growth. you have to increase military production and you have talk is because this more is the organizing, 1st of all of the process for all of us in domestic voltage breton, the russian hill is that the west at some point bill pack and lead. and again, it's all totally up to the western leadership, had to societies to and how you train to stand in this battle because i think that we have some communication gaps because the west, the meters help explain to that society is white. so crucial to you as support you, craig, and i think that's more questions iraq, so, so there is a need, there was a need for a new round of explanation why this topic is so ex, essential to west settings, the console presidents job michelle was asked on this program about europe's

commitment to ukraine. you said the you would stand by ukraine for as long as it takes to secure victory. do you think such promises were made in good faith? they are, but at the same time we don't have a very clear definition. what victory is, that's also easy. achievable. we know what the last thing is, don't we? we certainly know what a loss is. when dealt with the know what the last was. and the last is when you crean doesn't to cheat annual fits objectives, and the cost of this war is borne by both russia and you create, but costs on the previous slide will be much bigger. i think that right now are the discussions that you're having is that how realistic are the definitions for victory? put out by presidents, the lensky, which is 1991 borders, including crime, the reparations. so russia should pay for the damage and

accountability for the work driven those, including both senior russian leadership and present nobody here for how to build this. that if we are dealing with the nuclear power is quite simple. and i think that's year uh, the western leadership has in a smart way because there is no other way to tell you pregnant what the definition of victory should be. have pushed this to g of leadership itself to say that, oh, you create new leadership should define what the beach recall seduce and we'll be there with them till till they at. now i think it's the recording time for ukrainian leadership itself to define how realistic those goals are and what is the strategy to achieve something which will be the primary leadership sticks to the position that it's not going to give up any land um on the country once the land back um that that looks increasing the achievable doesn't that i don't think

that it's feasible to imagine that any you create new leadership will legally abandon any charge or occupied rush. be to grade work. the other 4 regions that happen are actually occupied the next by russia late next year. but they could be all the ways to brayden this issue. and to say that the orbital numbers are sally b o or unfortunately em. and if you grade achieves it's $5.00 to $91.00 bores. what prevents russia from shooting over the 1991 borders? it's not that ukrainians will regain territorial integrity of their countries as a really nice by the international community. and then vladimir button, they'll say both, sorry, i lost you was unpacking then go all or bind myself a plane to get through the hate. so why don't the weight each, i'm sorry to do it, right? he called go home. uh and so you added county boots, you know, he can, he can not. uh, and we can imagine a scenario where she was this,

the more than stays in power of likes, likes, uncle said, after seas tobacco pink wait. but it's unlikely. no. and how much, what do you put in bands on he's legacy over annexation of premier in other parts of your great, mister god, boy, if the crumbling appears to have stabilized after you have gained the pre gordon's in for this new today, the rather predictable plane crash that he suffered, but will have been bothering the pretend, showed unexpected weakness the pressure might someone i've already decided that, well they need to do is give them another push. and maybe they could clear the path to someone else taking over in the crime to do think so. it's like that crystallizing at the moment. i'm rushing leaders. know i've seen that these hopes are true to you. i understand why people want to see somebody taking care of the world's loading they're putting problem, but that are unfortunately not happening to the country. pre gardens,

virginia has only 45 minutes to put in scrape and see how they lead me. they get the most dangerous rival, that's the also south breed and procrastinator for the problem to get bigger and bigger. but now this problem is fixed. everybody in the elite got the message and everybody's not rounded round was by miss. look around this button, billingsley, but they understand what price they will pay if they ultimately step up against this. it puts you yourself wrote in july how the mute to the head exposed what you quote, the fragility of pollutants power system. the people won't have forgotten that facility will that what amounts to a dave jeff with the leader and put in was by all accounts and some danger is always an opportunity for opponents, isn't it? that's just politics is live. it's for you. but he off the resume for sure, but time and again we see that mitch supporting is learning some lessons and that the system is adopted. remember

a how miserable russia look at back to feel at the very beginning this call to where he gradient really being in far less up and teaches position just pushed back and smash a lot of russians who at material superior already. and yet, right now, we see that russians are learning the lessons and able to charge the tie. something similar just happened to the political system. yes. then you didn't, you have showed how fragile the system is. but this opinion can fix some of these issues. you one last some of the fall from seeking a so gold, off from, from his war and you grade putting is preparing for an even bigger war. do you still feel that way? and if so, how big might this will be good. that's exactly what we're seeing. now, mr. put in will invest 6 percent of gdp to defense and to where needs the brain, 40 percent refresh and budget next year we'll go to defense and security. that's

more worth that at any given moment since collapse solve this, i'll get you did. he is increasing the troops numbers and he's military industries working and 3 ships using materials to defeat. your great, so i think that for now the war is contained in ukraine in t is victoria is i don't believe that he will be able to achieve his maximum list of goal to put the front the government into, you know, but if he's not the charge i would say that the risk for further and a challenge is ivory challenges, the baltic state or, or to some of what the supply countries is, unfortunately not entirely suit. so when joe biden says, if put in, takes ukraine, he won't stop there. and then we'll have something that we don't seek, not we don't have today. american troops fighting russian troops. do you believe? but that is a possibility. even a distant one. if anybody would say to me 2 years ago, i would say, oh yes,

you have to like russia is very serious about both need to article 5 commitment. it's definitely understanding that our symmetry between itself and nato. no nato is not at risk at all right. now, i'm not so sure if he is victorious in ukraine. if he sees that ukraine is a broken country as he can occupied the lab with impunity, and there is a leader elect, donald trump, who challenges the utility of nature to american interests. that the tension to kind of challenge article 5 will be there. i still think that the risk is low or direct competition between russian to us. but the risk is unfortunately going up rock a. but if the what to discover the optical 5 isn't worth the paper, it's written on nato's finish, doesn't that? that's absolutely true. and that might be the day should all the russian side. so

many people who are wrong about putting supply this to invade you crazy because objectively speaking, if you are a rational product, which is the list of downsides for russia is just so long. it is skilled thousands office be both the good. it gets both professional military, it's sanctioned, it's isolating from the world is becoming junior partner of china. but we support and it's not the church. and jesus grip on the 14, russia is frank's it. so what it is course is proven to be a winning course, at least for himself, and you get, impose this visit on the russian leads the dictation for shall ej article by nato and chase the americans out of europe will be growing the support of this not getting younger, he's not getting any rational, so the risk are not 0. unfortunately, this might be the issue that he con, stop scratching. you mean? in other words? yeah, and this is exactly why getting serious about defense and getting as serious about

side when the and all the promises that were made 2 years ago when rushing made it to great things are really very necessary to fulfill not only to support ukraine, but for your own security and tell you meant is there a way to go forward? unfortunately, let's look if we may add, pretends friendship with china. so you wrote last spring, but thanks to the war and you create russia and china are now closer allies. but at any time in the 2 countries, more than the history, do you believe that's put in the new best friend? she jim thing would go along with the idea of a big a wall. i think that mr. a season being a cool new chair. less where the conflict between where the border worth the contact line between russia and ukraine is, as long as this war doesn't go nuclear and she is not blame to support that. she

will respect american red lines which have been communicated to, you know, genetic, military direct support, no military material and bind walrus. she follows that. why if russia is weakened, isolated, and more aligned and supported that you're trying about. what's the bad news, where you see only likes this situation? what about both areas of a foreign friends? suddenly he's popping up in the u. a and saudi arabia, where he was greeted as a very dear guest of the kingdom in moscow. he's been putting out the red carpet for far need is like the president of it wrong so much for the international i selection that was expected to follow is indictment tool war and war crimes charges . is he just flaunting his impunity, or is he busy putting together a new id west of access? 3 quick points. i think that's the illusion about the, the global unity in isolating russia. it's just the illusion and it's

a fantasy. it's very easy to cast up see me or below it, or a boat, pretty sizing brush in the un general assembly. but so many countries in the global south, not already china, but also the largest democracy in the world. india are having a beneficial commercial relationship. and they're not abandoning vladimir putting same goes for countries in the gulf, including u, a in saudi arabia, to receiving, quote. and with this, the symbols of prestige and welcome is also a way to show to the west uh that, uh, this region as friends. and this is tied to the west and how do they offer voss a christ and war between israel and a moss? and finally, yes mr. poodle is trying to book this call, listen to the other. what's the is called the global majority. i don't think that anybody in the global south is really the leading to support and bunch of stuff

that you spoke to where it gets to grade is the rebelling against us. had gemini, but so many countries are following the narrow, pragmatic interest and blaming device on double standard. the say, what about iraq? what about of gun and stuff? and frankly, there was not that much introspection that we convinced this countries that russians were a gastric freight is entirely different level of violation of the national boards to what expense. i mean, you talked a bit about the, the russian economy, to what extent have improvements in that economy helped to keep the russian people, if not on site, then at least not protesting to the people protested. i'm just have thousands of them. i've gone, haven't they? they've left the country, but somehow they seem to have re aligned or color less the round the kremlin happened thing is that the economy we have, we have the estimate of the wrong lease out for 1000000 people leaving the russia

for good me included for a country or more than 114000000. that's not too much. and these are people who are employable in global markets. there are so many people who want to leave russia, but couldn't because of these of restrictions and many other policies. for the remaining people, it's a mix all violence because protesting has a very top price. you see alex in nevada, they you see so many thousands of brave russians who have dear to protest this more and have been beaten. and the reason that so what the russian society is optimized and we support these building. he is regime on this level. i took this ation f lack of unity. but then another element to this is really the economic prosperity, because uh, the war has made a lot of low middle income families really receiving a lot of money because the government is paying people to go to the front lines.

it's the gaping that have to cash routes for tablets, but when did it deal? so it is a rational strategy for somebody to go to fight in ukraine because he's, dallas will be provided. so you mentioned briefly the garza war um, it obviously diverts us weapons and ammunition from ukraine to israel. and it also leaves america increasingly isolated diplomatically so it's a pay a benefit to prove to this that there's no downside for him in this war. it's a clear benefit to them, and supposing that he hasn't created there is no credible evidence that he was in any way involved in commerce attack. but she's definitely taking a one side and is it the one sided for all from us? stands? he's not the exit coaching, the even balance russian foreign policy, not that much sympathy for what the, which sits a horrible job or sound tax. and yes, the us forces are diverted to israel,

attention of us senior policy makers, including president biden himself. and he's national security team is that brought it to the middle east. and then the double standards of the vast are something that missed the food and has a preach to did level south. and he has a child around there. so very briefly, it doesn't be moscow is ending the year on something of a high looking better than it did a year ago. the if you look back 2023 has been a really surprising the good year for me start putting and it's read it in the hands of the west son paul listed meeker to make sure the 2024 is not as good for alexander gabriella. it's been good to have your own complex. i'm thank you very much for your time. thank you so much for having me. on the

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