overall died from starvation alone during the reign of the british in india, the that big cold after years with no contact between russian american leaders loving their uprooting. and donald trump over the phone conversation, lasting almost 19 minutes. a resolution to the ukraine conflict, the middle east prices of the prisoner exchanges were all discussing more. no nato membership or pre my done 2014 borders for ki. uh, president trump, we are firms. his administration spends all negotiations concerning events in the event. and i'm, and i'm ok with that, i just want the word whether they are there or not. but it certainly would seem to be that most people have said that that is something that's not gonna last in

prison, to russian computer program or alexander finnic is to be released from the u. s. jail. the news follows most go freeing a former us embassy, employee convicted of drug smuggling. mr. phoenix lloyd spoke to explicitly as you know, we lost his wife, was a very strong and very pop concerns, you know, and he could not do anything. it wasn't 0 need for us to not the lead her. i would like to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to phoenix mother who has been actively helping, fighting for her son's freedom fears, critic of global american military adventure isn't to say gilbert. now overseas. all us by agencies after being confirmed in a close set boat director of national intelligence move, drawing fire from the washington, establish the

the reverie or catching the news hour from today across the world. welcome to moscow on to our teacher national. mir puts in on us president donald trump have spoken by phone. the 1st time in 3 years on american, i'm russian leader. have talked together, bringing it in to the ukraine. conflict was the top of the agent. i especially knew them as a history of the telephone conversation between president pollutants and the president of the united states. donald trump has just ended, it was a very long telephone conversation. it lasted almost an hour and a half. they discussed issues related to the exchange of russian and us citizens. the president, the united states, assured that the american side would fulfill all the agreements reached the topic of a settlement, and ukraine was also discussed. president trump spoke in favor of an early into hostilities and a peaceful solution to the problem. president putin, for his part, mentioned the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict. and he agreed with trump that

a long term settlement can be achieved through peaceful negotiations. during the conversation they discussed the middle east regulation, the uranium nuclear program, as well as bi lateral russian american relations. in the economics fear, the russian president invited the us president to visit moscow. they also agreed to continue personal contacts including organizing a personal meeting. that's what i wanted to tell you, which i think that's quite a comprehensive updates even though it may be just a telephone call. but it's a big one. a big call in big news for the relationship between moscow and washington. there was so much speculation about whether or not the 2 meters would speak when they would. and now finally, we've got confirmation both from the white house and from the kremlin that vladimir putin and donald trump spoke for about one and a half hours, which is quite substantial, but perhaps not too much in context of the current to difficult relationship between the 2 countries which many frankly thought that it was already reached the verge of collapse,

and lots of panelists were talking about it and were saying that especially in the russian foreign ministry of the, to the state that this relationship currently is. uh it was, it was brought there by the previous us administration, which made so many efforts to do so well. donald trump was saying that he wanted to speak with why don't you put in during his election campaign. and now it's good to know that you weren't so these weren't just the election promises, but the real action switch now happened. we know that they discussed the bi lateral ties. they discussed the situation in the middle east, the iranian nuclear program. donald trump said that they even remembered how moscow in washington fought together against the nazis in the 2nd world war and perhaps creating a positive maybe even a friendly context for this stock. but of course, most importantly, they discussed ukraine, the biggest stumbling blocks in the relations between the 2 countries. donald trump is called on the media to stop any military action in ukraine and for the start of

these talks. and why don't important says that he does see a possible diplomatic solution to the conflict, but he says that could only happen a for the root causes of a rush of special military operations in ukraine are recognized internationally and results. and we know, and this has been said so many times by the president and by the for administer that the 2 main reasons are nato was expansion to the east and a set of ukrainian laws which moscow sees as a discriminatory against the ethnic russians and russian speakers in ukraine, vladimir pul, puts an also invited donald trump to visit moscow. but of course we don't know any specific dates or whether or not even he accepted this invitation, but still it's a positive signal and they agreed to continue with their contacts. also, donald trump, after that phone call, said that he spoke with vladimir zalinski as well. and you said that they had a, a full conversation. the same type of feedback came from savanski as well. but

frankly, with everything else that was said today in other places and with everything else that happened today, i don't really think that he would be in a good mood. the new chief of the pentagon went to to the nato, a headquarters in europe, and says that washington doesn't see ukraine returning. so it's a borders offer 2014 as something realistic. basically, that means crime me. we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. chasing this, illusionary goal will only prolong the war and caused more suffering. this is quite an interesting statement. it's coming from the new chief of the pentagon because it really goes against everything that was said earlier by the previous se, us administer ration, which was completely against recognizing crimea as part of prussia and even now still uh, the website of the state department says that the,

the us government to recognize is quite near as part of ukraine. i said, very early on that should russia do so there would be consequences for not recognizing what has happened before i may have been together. we have rejected any notion that there is any legality in russia's efforts to annex crimea, but we do not recognize russia's attempt to annex crimea. we agree to disagree with russia on that front, and our crimea sanctions against russia will remain in place until rusher, returns the peninsula to the correct in moscow, eventually has to end its occupation of ukraine's sovereign territory crime. it is still sovereign territory of ukraine and also another door closed for a key of seemingly as lead i by the us defense secretary to right to be the headset also said that washington doesn't see that it's very realistic for ukraine to

become a member of nate lose, and both of both the ukraine becoming a member of nato and the whole border of the situation and of course, cried me. it was something that the key if was very keen on resolving and with this possibility causing down, it's not very good news for a key of the us. the defense secretary says that if a diplomatic solution was reached and if some sort of 5 d o reddick, he's keeping contingent what's to be deployed along with the, the line of contact in this complex. then that would not be nato troops, either the so that they could not be protected by article 5. so all of these are not very good news for g is a prisoner exchange between washington and moscow occurred as well. i'm the kim are the blue some up because talks all not had not been a night spike either side. so who's free? right, well these things usually take

a lot of time. yeah. and prepare usually to down under the carpet and to this is so today what started this whole sequence of events which eventually led to the phone conversation between the 2 leaders. in the morning here in moscow, we found out that a prisoner exchange between washington, the united states was taking place uh, a rush. it was releasing a mark photo, a us citizen of a former staff member of the us embassy in moscow. so a teacher who was jailed for drug trafficking in russia and later on we found out that he's being exchanged for a russian citizen, alexander levine, it accused of money laundering in the united states. we've just found out also that the bellows is releasing and american citizens, a citizen from their prison as well. so that prisoner exchange, i guess, created the foundation for this phone call. today, mark fogel, an american teacher, detained by russia, was returned to american soil and met with the president here at the white house

last night. special envoys, the woodcock and the rest of president trump incredible national security team, helped to negotiate the exchange that secured mark foibles release. this event shows a good faith effort from russia and its assign, as i just said, that we are moving in the right direction to end this brutal war. you know, i find it quite fascinating that it was a, as a result of the cooperation of security services of the 2 countries. because for me, it seemed that diplomatic channels already failed in this relationship. but as we saw during the summer when in this massive exchange of prisoners between which end the western specifically the united states happens, we've heard from many analysts that these channels communication channels between the security services are always open. and we're seeing, we're looking at it right now again, and it's remarkable how often you now are mines, the security services are supposed to be working against each other. but in reality, in this particular case,

it looks like they ended up bringing of the 2 countries pools or the whole of trump has reaffirmed his defense secretary's earlier statement on the day who dismissed the return for ukraine to previous borders. us leader also wanted there's no pump to nato membership for q secretary of defense who's actually be made a statement today saying that he thinks is unlikely, or impractical. i think probably that's true, i think long before present a boat. and as i said, there's no way that allow that this has been going on for many, many years. and they've been saying that for a long time that ukraine cannot go into nato then. and i'm, and i'm ok with that, i just want the word whether they are there or not. but i, it certainly would seem to be that most people have said that that is something that's not good. when i speak now to retired us army, lieutenant colonel on international security consultant, earl ross,

me senior most welcome sir donald trump saying there he's fine with you. crane not joining nato was something though. western leaders dine gold in front of the key of for, for a long time, not hard you for see such a statement influencing the piece process. but i think that's a good statement of the step forward. and it's a recognition of reality. i think the last administration uh, less space that this whole thing that started back underneath obama with the, the a clue that occurred in 2014 the demonstrations. 2013. um and so this is uh and kinda double down again when uh uh, when biting came in the office. uh, this is, this has been going on for quite a while. and i think really trump is a, as you know, he wasn't true pro on this one is the 1st term. and i think reality is set in,

we've had mass of losses. europe, the us military equipment, the cost, the economies and suffered in the west as well. and we destroyed basically a and a generation or 2 and ukraine. and so this has been a very project. ukraine was a, was a project that should never have started. it should never happen. but it did. and i think uh, president trump is correct in the assessment here. and i think the reality is you hear the statements coming from uh uh, from a secretary, rubio and from secretary a pig. so they're really, it's a realization of more of a reality. it's almost like a blinking side was in a parallel universe. now it's to get the zalinski on board and that's baby will

need to have a new uh, maybe that's why we're pushing for elections to have a c, a transition there. but i think we're starting to make headway and the dialogue, we actually have a dialogue between the 2 leaders. and it wouldn't surprise me if i rubio reach out to the loved ross would be, has an already. this is a major step forward and kind of considering the previous administration, which almost a, you know, a canceled culture attempt on russia, which is in the past. so i think this is a step forward, a very positive step forward. uh, what we've seen so far. yeah. we'll see where that momentum leads us as well. just on the, on the nato questionnaire. oh, is this a change of policy by washington or simply erroring opposition that the u. s. possibly always helps, but it was beneficial not to make public well i think the the objectives

here. i don't know if the training really seriously was even though they talked about this back in 2007, 2008. and that whole objective is not send me an improve security for the west or improve security for nato, an extension. there would be further containment, it, and isolating the rest of that would be the objective of, of bringing in ukraine it in georgia as well in tomato. this is a i think it was a very, very poorly place decision back then, an objective wrongly in the wrong direction. i think it's part of it is from the still lingering cold war mentality. we have with many senior leaders here. so i realistically, ukraine. i just can't, can never picture thing part of nato and i think the pro ukrainian nation and uh, and europe and russia neutrality. and that's why it was put in their constitution

and 1991. the neutrality is the best place and actually a kind of a bridge between the rest and the west. it's really use of much more beneficial directions for ukraine. unfortunately, they're taking a detour for many years witness. they use phone call between the leaders last at some 19 minutes. so a lot to get through a lot of topics to be broached. mr. trump then said later, here, probably meets in person with some of them are putting in saudi arabia and it's not significant. what's your take on the choice of location? you know, i think it, it's a, it's a positive move. again, a face to face meeting, but i think personally, i, i, yeah, i think those are very positive. more of a personal level often. um, i think also interesting the middle least, the very important area and they, they've acted as a go between for,

for many things. uh sorry, radio also since they have close relations with the, with russia and being with the opec plus when it's involving them and just in general and they have historical relations with the us. so it's actually a actually, it's a good location. i think a good choice and as far as a face to face meeting and dialogue to occur, come certainly progressing on this needs right at the gate. but what he is doing, but do you expect resistance at to, to this current foreign policy course from, from inside the, the us, you know, the establishment will they feel threatened will there be, will there be some sorts of backlash from them and will it be sustained in time, and i'm sure they will be back, but some sure little level will be pressure be put on him as well. he's well, he's shocked. washington in 3 weeks already know that it just you wake up in the

morning and you look at your phone and see what tweaks went out last night. and it's uh, every day it's something different than a major change. we've got the agencies being torn apart and it just as a yeah it's, it's a, it's a business. this may be a shock to be on the lease, the insiders, but they're a, they've got other things to worry about right now, like their jobs. and in the mean organizations they operate from are being threatened as well. we saw the usa, i d being shut down there is lawsuits out to try the counter that we're seeing investigations into audits being conducted across the agencies. so this is a there's, there's much more going on than just the same policy shift and, and maybe that's intentional. but it's, uh, i think the move in here,

and i think we need to change our foreign policy or foreign policy. it's been a, has really been poor, especially recently, but we've had issues for, for many years. so i think got a positive change in if we can come up with a constructive change to work together that would be very positive. although we, we have our sanctions, our, our terrorist and our sanction issues still to deal with as well. so it's, uh, there's probably more things to go. yeah. there's bumps in the road, isn't there that, that, that, that are there because we have the white high spokes person saying that donald trump use russia as a competitor, but wants to maintain good relations. you know, you've got l n g that he wants to sell to europe, you know, bypass things if russel goes box and on with that, you've got bricks per in, see, you know, being it being threatened as well. so it's the, there's, there's

a few of the organs in the, in the prickly relationship. how to view overall though donald trump strategy towards russia. no, i think it's good. i think shown some initiative here as a trying to i think both the leaders want to end the violence or, and the violence in the, in the killing. but you need to recognize the rushes, valid security concerns. and they're uh, the reality on the ground. i mean, what, let's face it this made, it was thrown aside from nuclear weapons, it's thrown almost everything they have. they've just the weapons and munitions. they cannot, there, uh, industry cannot keep up with the paints that the russian industry go that the, um and you don't want to go to a nuclear weapon. you don't want to escalate it to that level because look, everyone loses in that situation. but it's uh, unfortunately we,

the west is to use the ukraine as a, as a mechanism for for manning these weapon systems and, and, and we, boston, tragic loss of a generation just dropping off for a i think there is something that we haven't seen for, for quite a while is going on. i'm not sure if you agree, but optimism on, on that plus momentum. it can be, it can be a powerful change mechanism count it, it can we're, we're obviously going to have a susan in the um, with the political hire key and, and ukraine. i think the public will probably support the direction. we're going to have some pushback from the european leaders, but you see the public goods. european leaders are not do too well with their own public. you've got the strong leaders there with the or button and, and so, and some others the in the background. so you seen changes occurring in, in uh, europe to which i think will,

will gradually move in more support of the prompts and the, uh, president trump, the initiatives here. but even with say, just finally with western countries as well. the, the people we've seen them say, you know, maybe it's time for you, premium refugees to, to go home. you know that, that opposition is growing as well as it that it is. absolutely. i think they're looking at us too much of a stream, you know, and you, you probably some issues with tucker carlson. i'm sure recently with a, with a corruption on ukraine with the, the just to assessment defect one of the most expensive ski resorts and the majority of, of people there are ukranian and staying and hot 5 star hotels. and it just, you know, you know, i don't think we get a full picture of what we get on our news here on the situation and, and having a balance there too. but, but in general, i think we see some pushes from the populace and changes politically and in your we

see some changes occurring here in the us and, and finally, a dialogue occurring. so there's a lot of opportunity for, you know, for optim, it's an optimistic view and potential chance, a chance to kind of steer this in a different direction to more of a positive direction. absolutely, optimal. awesome, awesome. so at least a sliver of optimism for going on. yeah, there certainly is. thanks so much for briefing all the time for us at this hour. speaking to us from washington, dc, retired lieutenant colonel, an international security consultant or russ missing. much appreciate. thank you. but another big development, the us is set to release russian citizen, alexander vin, a convicted of for to courtesy laundry. in exchange for recently freed former u. s embassy employee mark photo who was serving a 14 year sentence in russia for drug scrubbing. possibly another sense of being on

going on here with this wall on speaking exclusively to our tea, mr. vin, ex legal team shirts. some details that i find to be the i in mass, but we assessed subsidies that are on the break man. a tony's a full deals and we decided to set something to see if we could push in for direction to, to uh, all i have really ease down to meet boston next. wow. and uh its or to, to, to be the case. so we are very, very happy also corporation by trying to fix it. guy said fashion officer original, so it use i wrote it to the 1st to keep the office of most schools. i have own roads to the bus, the ok for fees, and all of them responding to me. and david told me, is that they were very much paying attention about the stuff he needs a situation as you know, yours, his wife. why the very strong and they're very concerned, you know,

and he could not do any senior, wasn't joe mean for us and could not visit, need her. and he had 2 kids and he's mostly as white ford. so everybody was very much mood losing the model. it's low being for a solution, but it has been a one way effort. we have not received any concrete answers or solutions from the other side is seeing. we will simply lo, being to get our client released abuto and there was a court hearing on tuesday. unfortunately, the judge made the hearing secret. we are still awaiting further information about the status of our client. the russian government has clearly stated that this is a gesture of goodwill that has been positively received by the american government . mister photo met with from the white house, which is a positive development, and they have even linked it to military operations. and the, and i see this is a positive step towards peace. i am optimistic that all this will lead to a positive outcome. the fact is that the government keep these deals secret. for

the past few months, we have been actively lobbying for our clients release using various means including amnesty dropping charges, an extra change the on the head of presidential potters. good. so by me, i would like to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to venice, mother who has been actively helping in fighting for her son's freedom. he will also an exclusive interview with our t v. right. the neck said she hasn't received any official confirmation of her sultan's release. as yet, smith's been assured what it's being like for her grandchildren waiting for their father to come home. and if that would happen, don't, as you might see just you going. the children have pain in their eyes. there is pain and expectation in every word in their body. just expectation. the kids don't want to go anywhere. they don't want anything. they say daddy's coming daddy's coming. and it's like this year after year. i'm heartbroken. i'm sick. i'm losing

my voice because of the nerves. my legs are numb. i understand that someone has to tell me if it's my son who's going to be released. we don't show the news to the children. they don't read any news. we will tell the children only when we know for sure, and the official authorities confirm it. i hope, and i pray until they officially confirm it or tell me, i won't believe it. i'm so tired of this waiting. so until i see my son, i won't believe any one. yeah, yeah, the very human side of that story, no more news. emerging states side to see galbraith has been confirmed as the director of national intelligence by the us senate heading americas spy operations going forward. congress approved miss galbraith's nomination and a 5248 vote, with just one republican opposing her nomination. she's known for being a fierce critic of the us intelligence community. she's now set to lead gilbert, a former presidential candidate on

a rock war veteran has also been known to us involvement in the middle east. ukraine conflicts from a head of interest of a mental the 1st for the us trade representative agency. steve, go to list the ex democratic congress woman's position on american aid to key if that's proven to be right as well, both for her and for many of us who been been jo screaming that we need to look at the reality of what's happening on the battlefield, look at the reality of, of, of what you brain has done to their own people as i've done to the folks in, in those on best region for the last decade. those of us who were saying those things like policy, like me and others, were streamed for being russian spies and russian advocates in and in the pockets of food. and now the truth is coming out to, you know, again you've got to exist, you've got to the opposite western europe saying, yeah, that's all, all true. again, one of those great conspiracy series that have been proven right in the afternoon as again, a lot of people. oh, apologies to her. she's not being given, you know,

in the new york times, the washington post, cnn that, you know, the, the best of headlines done the years. in fact, to the extent that they're saying that she could be a threat at 2 to the us going forward. now that she heads nashville at security, is she going to be under like more scrutiny than we've ever seen before? i think unfortunately for those critics, she represents the trump world view, the heads of the world view and the world view that the trumpet administration is bringing in. so while she was at odds with was defied and his team were doing which was failed international policy on every side. whether it was that disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan with, or we're learning more about the, the funds that were paid to 100, to obtain the, the benefits from divided ministration. everything we're learning about the failed international policies and divided ministration are now being swept aside of this new trump border. and i think again, there may be critics,

but the world view is going to overtake the criticism, particularly is reality becomes more apparent. again, just like in the middle east, look at the heart to just being released. look at these, your people like photo and and rice are being released and a bit going, god being released, the rest of trump is making progress. the peoplesoft was was impossible. well, others are lot for now and a busy news day, but our web team are busy putting together analysis on reaction to the put in trump developments and all the rest of our t t dot com. a check when you can before talking about the the.