and you should ask all of the questions, the more questions asked, the better the answer is will be the i really believe that time has come on forces of yours must be created. it's a lot of mirrors, the landscape scrambles to keep his european boxers on board by done playing us significant stuff to the laughter. a 9 says need to a membership is not the guardian for that comes out of the entity apparently turns dollars an american proposal which promised to continue to flow of lead to you trade provided that countries, natural resources are ship side such a good increase in being pushed by top us and i think that is when, when, as the american people have a stake in the recovery of ukrainian economy posters, conflicts, and we will get to the other side of this conflict. then the,

the us for sharing the benefits come off sprees 3 hostages from dallas. it in the 6 prisoners swaps since the start of last month ceasefire deals in return. israel has begun releasing some break loose stories in morehead. this all the from the are teen user and then myself, you to know they are welcome to the latest weekend news up we will get to those headlight stories in just a moment, but some breaking news coming into us on the program. the russian foreign minister on his us card to part have spoken by a fellow in law school is foreign ministry has stated the talks reportedly took place on washington's initiative just a few days ago. of course, we know that at donald trump on volleyball were putting at also spoke for about 19

minutes by phone call. also initiated by the new administration in washington peace talks on ukraine, foremost among them we will we have and see as soon as we hear a more verification on what was spoken about between the 2 foreign ministers today . just not very long ago. interesting use will bring it to you. well, on that very point, donald trump's direct talks with vladimir putin on ukraine up, stirred up high above european bureaucrats, and much of the public is concentrated up the munich security conference. now nearing the end of its 2nd day, the fast approaching prospect of peace seems to have unsettled vladimir zalinski and germany, where he encouraged europe to create its own army, and then send those trips to ukraine. where it has to become self sufficient, united by commerce, france, ukrainian, and european. if not to us,

then we'll stop them. i really, i really believe the time has come. the forces of your must be created. it's a really interesting cool ukraine, not a member of the european union. and yet he was saying essentially, europe needs its own on me. i think this is something we've heard before from the european need is present macro and the phones uh, take the cold weather. so, but the last a few years um, but of course in you, this is an incredibly contentious issue, and in fact, many does the work. see you're repeating on the a tool, including germany's own talents, left through all of schultz. he says it's a big fact. no to clean now has nearly 1000000 soldiers on the weapons. if you count altogether that are relevant for the better future that they, while eclipse park would be better, but they are really eclipse by a bus them, munitions and all the, all the kind. and because of this,

so it's absolutely clear that the post law ukraine, which has a very strong army well, however there all those in europe who will be likely to green boulder this idea of having a european oh, i mean this includes the polish for administer who is essentially said that europe in troops will be needed to be sent to you, craig, and he didn't say nato troops. he said, european troops, when president trump says that as part of a deal, they will have to be repealed and troops will have to be asked to, to supply them. so, sooner or later will have to be involved. this begs a huge question. does europe have the ability to do something like that? we know for decades and decades, there was massive and the spending when it came to defense budgets impacts from during his last presidency. famously came to europe and said, hey guys,

you need to start spending more in nature in terms of defend spending, or we're not going to be the ones to protect you any more. so yes, we've seen an increase in defense funding by european countries in the last 2 years, but that is not enough to make up those decades of under spending. and in addition to that, over the last few years, you think about the amount of industry hardware that is being sent to you create the as the listed, the ability of european countries present st. defend themselves and they're shoot studies talking about how essentially the cupboards of fat in europe as a result of what's being sent to you quite. and so is it likely that you can do this? i think many people would say, probably not when it comes to charlotte. to piece talks, but from putting coal and everything else that's come, since they're there has, in my sense being that i, pulling of optimism surrounding it. but it appears not everyone is willing to get run the table. it was really interesting news. we've heard us lensky saying at the

munich security conference, but he will only speak to press a preach, and he will speak to any to the else does. it's not the russian delegation. it will only be present preaching. well that is a massive 1. 80 degree to and from what we've heard over the last few years where he's point blank, refused to speak to the russian prices inside, out lowering talks with russia. uh, is he going to be able to even get up to a negotiating papers to really interesting to see where he's now coming for me? it feels as if every day, perhaps, even every hour we get in a very different sense. if wesley's lensky is coming from and probably a lot to that is to do with the right panic that we have seen from him. i since these a flurry of announcements have been coming from the trunk administration. what's also really interesting is here with the munich security conference, he's also been trying to put the division between the us and europe, essentially go over looking at usaa leaving us out of this europe. let's do it

together because he was point blank. say, you know, when present from cools me about this possible negotiation. he was sidelining. not just you, craig. he was side blinding. you were to, had a most go with pulls. you are a part if we, as europeans don't trust each other. a few days ago, president tom told them about cheese conversation was booked and not the ones the to mention that the american needs you are at the table. which in one's one on one, talks with america just like before the war. when they met in switzerland and look like to call them up the world snags, which in we'll try to get the u. s. president. standing on the red square on main, on may 9th this year. not as a respected later, but as a pro, in his own performance. so as the, let's see,

they're essentially saying that pitching is going to be using trump is essentially a barrier net profit. but the us doesn't seem to give much mccarrow about this. we've now heard from the us special envoy keith kellogg. this is the guy that is going to try and put together this end to the war in ukraine and he's 10, ron, he's gone yet. you're not going to be at the table in general. they should not even complain devices. can you, can your show this audience the ukrainians will be at the table and europeans will be at the table. oh, are you just change the whole dynamic? pardon or victor, thanks for having us today. i appreciate the answer that last question, just you framed it? the answer is no. the answer to the earlier part of the questions. yes, of course you can use are going to be at the table. interestingly, we have a goal these over chose about negotiations possible to in saudi arabia in the next few weeks. but at the same time, we've now had

a statement coming up from the g 7 for administrators. they say they will read the looking at during up more functions to throw it gains most scope. if most go doesn't come to the negotiating table and do a deal. interestingly, bonus, 3 years of sanctions hating russia and russia seems to be of no much strong composition that it was back then. so the reality is, after 3 is the sanctions not having the desired outcome. what makes the g 7 think that and this thing is going to change that right now to something else that raised a few eyebrows according to the law, the mere zalinski, the absence of elections in his country is explained by the fact that you cleanings themselves don't want a change of government, while those who disagree with that can simply give up their citizenship. this is what's really very important. i'm right it, you know, to speak about lexus. if you want to bring us, don't want total in,

don't want to go the freight. because otherwise, for the lose their military law we're law and our soldiers will come back home and clinton will occupied full hour or 3 is not involved. you know, myself, it's about the future of all one countries. i'm all for today. really. the question is to survive, the question is to save ukraine, our independence, our people, our homes, and the if somebody doesn't like they can choose and other citizenship if they want. that was a pretty presumption statement. funds that ask is to have when he said that all was ukrainians are against the election. when he said that those who disagree can leave the country is a yes and another blasing lie as those who wanted to leave have already left so many ukrainian. so wants to leave now and i'm talking about that man has tried to

leave, but failed. now some died when attempting to cross the crate in border illegally and others were forced for the mobilized into the army. receive so many videos on line where men and uniform would snatch off uh, any males of this freeze or for public transportation, and force them into the army as cannon fodder. now another video from ukraine appeared this saturday where a woman blew herself up along with a group of minutes. are you listen officers? while her reasons are on clear at this point, what's all of us is the fact that valencia's ratings have hit rock bottom a very long time ago. and even donald trump says that the presidential election in ukraine should take place and then see however, his relentless and seemed to have lost the sense of any type of reality and even present to the american president who was in the ultimate from taking lessons. and for the dialogue between ed from them puts him 6 and i've seen this is,

i mean this is up to them, but they can discuss everything, the ones but notes about you being without us. it's why in d. c? that's why, especially in these case, i think it's a little bit dangerous as why i said, did we need to talk more with the president and to talk more with his people with his teams as the last here is the power and ukraine after his presidency expired. and made it illegal for anyone, and you great, including himself to hold any settlement negotiations with russia, apparently as this particular delusion extends to the leaders of other nations as well, including the american presidents of all of this points. uh well, no one had actually responded to zaleski directly. however, over the week we've seen a different rhetoric concerning ukraine. from the united states,

an offer was made for the country's rare earth minerals were, donald trump said he wants at least half a trillion dollars worth of ukraine's natural resources. now, other sources suggest that the white house wants at least 50 percent of all that you great has to offer. the landscape says that the agreement offered by the united states does not protect the interest of ukraine, so he did not approve it. he wants some more details from the buyers of his country's natural resources, in particular, how the income will be distributed and how that income links to security guarantees . yeah, and the doc, the niece to them, i did not allow the ministers to sign the relevant agreement because it is not yet ready in my opinion, to protect us and our interests. for me, it is very important to talk about investments in ukraine, and this should be written out legally and correctly. and it is an investment property. and you can think about how to distribute the profits from it. if all

this is connected with security guarantees, i don't see this connection in the document yet to, well, it's really hard to actually gauge what songs against his mind these days. he's gone back and forth on many of his statements sign in terms of set it off ukraine. well, in this case, it's probably about savings face and by the way, not in front of she's own people, but for the masters. who finance, she's deadly escapades over the years. and now want their money back. taken listen to the secretary of the treasury of the united states. currently we are aligned with ukrainians and values. we're aligned with them on security, and we want to become more aligned with them on economics. and i think that is when, when, as the american people have a stake in the recovery of ukrainian economy poses conflict and we will go to the other side of this conflict. then they, the us for sharing the benefits and by having us a partnership,

capital and ingenuity. i think ukrainian economy, that the us involvement will act as an excel. right. you know, just next door to ukraine is one of the great success stories. the of the past 30 years of poland, opponents had the 2nd highest economic growth in the world since the 1990s after china. so why couldn't ukraine do that? and why shouldn't the american people share in that through rivers, through their energy and through their state owned enterprises. and we bring best practices in terms of privatization and terms of modernization had from once called zaleski the best salesman on there as well. she certainly knows how to drive a bargain, and in this case it's selling off his home country to the highest bidder. hero to the west. initially, he has now certainly revealed his 1st self and 1st and foremost. so he's on people's friends, i think. so. we'll just the point you create holes and ends potential as

a major global supplier. critical role materials vital to the defense, tech, green energy sector, the country holes, europe's largest titanium, a lithium reserves, which have become the most sought after metals across the world. unless say, if the u. s. and keeps signing, the mineral agreement, contracts could align to trillions of dollars where the ration studies academic on commentator greg simons, he's up to the plumbers. lensky is willing to sell anything to the trump administration. if it means he can hold onto power, he's just desperately, the noise is volume is rapidly running out. and i mean, he has absolutely no way to go in some form a i'm in a town reminding you brian, for too long. because someone who is, i'm uh and this is just pure desperation and i think he's just trying to buy a muslim a one time bought 10 zelinski,

give away to the americans to a piece the. and this is going to be a states enterprises and was was lambs, but they have live. so it's going to be a bias style of anything on value and with to the americans. and specifically the drum and inspection volume or as lance. these time in the spotlight, often unix security conference, it was interesting beyond his mom's to the 1st, there was no ukraine translator at, should be fined for his interview with cnn. and then when it's open to questions, the request was met with, well, take a look for yourself. can i speak ukrainian? no. i think i have a time for one. got one question from the audience. maybe one or 2. somebody put a question for the president. apparently not to me,

well, the person whose name was on everybody's lips at the conference at once and even in attendance with western politicians, seemingly wanting to bring up a lot of them are put no matter the topic, being discount would not invade a native nation. and my view because he understands the consequences would be to severe developments or we also will not accept any solution that leads to the coupling of american and european security. only one person would benefit from that president put them $1314.00, which includes the however much the europeans may try to pretend otherwise and deny reality are losing this con, at the end of the day, i think it not only challenges use their view of russia and themselves, the european countries are their, their world view. but i think it also fundamentally challenges their identity because they've been so wrapped up in

a mess. the antics supremacist ideology of western exceptionalism. it's a shock to the, to the core that they are losing to a country that they have continually derided as, as a gas station. it's, it's crushing their own world view and conception of who they are, that they're losing this conflict, and they just can't get away from their obsession with fulton, as the singular representation of russian. you go through the look at returning to our breaking news, this our, the russian foreign minister on his us counterpart have spoken via out fully. most of us foreign ministry has confirmed and not the talks took place to washington's initiative. a well that's welcome onto the program, not from our pen to go on senior security policy unless mike on the list for his take on this mike, a griffith sent you. so we had just a few days ago at trump put in speaking for

a good 90 minutes. now the top diplomats of each country coming together. and i'm just looking at the print side of some of the things spoken up. i mean painting a channel of communication is by full saying that issue is inherited from the previous administration at will have to be removed in time. teams are going to be put together speaking about possibly opening up on expanding diplomatic missions in each country. a lots happening here is it? yes sir, we're on a, we're on a fast track now. and that's going to be accelerating even more. and and, and i think the zaleski realizes this leaving the m uh, in the dust. i think the that there, there's, it's an important development to try and put back on track that, that relationship between 2 superpowers and for the united states. finally, the treat russia equally and not talk down to it as it did during the vitamin

ministration. and the fact too that they want to talk about expanding the consulates. that's very important. i think there also needs to be at a, at the soonest, an exchange of, of investors. and no one has been designated by uh, russian for the united states. uh now i think that that will probably is accept this probably will be a force coming very, very shortly. and i see, and i think to that of what russia is, was concerned about was a seizure of properties that it purchased in the united states. that should be returned. so i think there's a lot to talk about it. what's, what's gratify is that it, this is representative of saw on the one hand. also, it means to that truck does not feel inhibited by the constraints that he was under during his 1st administration of all of the allegations of color russian

collusion to get elected. he doesn't, he's, he's passed all that, that it was proven to be wrong. and he has the more lives the very people who brought forth those allegations and they're, they're also in meltdown as a consequence. so quickly this administration is moving one off for us domestic and international. it most often seems to be the word and the reaction to the presidents of to neutral or nations. getting along talking on developing a dialogue going forward, the reaction has been extraordinary longer zalinski, perhaps not on surprisingly as unhappy. he said at the current, quote, polite dialogue between moscow and washington was worrying. it just goes to show that he thinks that he can dictate who speaks at, on only under his terms. it appears that that's no crumbling, isn't it?

oh yeah, absolutely. and if he thought that he was going to, um, uh, wanna, uh, president trump, he's got another thought comment, and i think the same for your, your seems to want to maintain that hostility toward russia. and trump is basically saying, well, they're not. i think he's signaling that they're not even going to be involved in the, in any final discussion on this. and i think ukraine will be lucky that it can be even included in, in these discussions at this point. simply because you cry no longer represents the values of the united states represents. and i think out the vice president vance made that very clear to, to the europeans that they no longer are theory or art or diminishing in their recognition of democratic principles. and here you have zaleski who, who, who has stated that there will be no elections in this country,

because he is whose turn has expired. and russians are saying, what, who, who do we, who do we sign with a in ukraine? and he refuses to, uh, uh, call for those of elections to get the country back on track. even president trump is called for early elections in ukraine with this very purpose so that there can be some legitimacy behind the establishment of a or the met maintenance of a ukrainian state in, in the, as it is. so i think that we've got to see a lot of that activity going on, particularly in with the brain, or they're going to be swept aside as well as europe and russia and china and, and even the russia and, and the united states will certainly not include their own deal and then that then leaves the europeans wondered, well, we either come along or we continue our views,

but then nato will not apply to any hostility to they may generate it after that. like a just touching something briefly if we time and i'm just looking at the print out again. it said that agreed upon. busy regular contacts was a, to the core of this phone call between at the 2 top different about the, including for the preparation of the russia. american summit reports in western media that, that may be happening at the end of the month inside of your rebates. just your, your thoughts on, on that location. um it seems to be high level delegates and both sides getting involved. yeah, well i think it's a very strategic move on trunk spark. he's got a lot at stake. it's not just a lot a lot it not a speck so much, but in the book involved in terms of where he wants to go in terms of the middle east as well as uh, as well as the ukranian uh problem. but uh,

but he also sees uh, how vital and important it is for rushes. uh uh, involvement in trying to resolve the, the middle lease a problem because while you have your ron and in gauge their rush is very close to iran and, and saudi arabia is key it's, it's really made it very intriguing that somebody ravia saudi arabia's current leader up from prince live, it should say the defective. they de facto liter conference, but some of them have has to ties with both the united states and russia. so that makes it a very interesting uh the location and venue for the for discussions. and i see that this is also going to benefit further down the line and try to come up to a resolution also on the middle east crisis we'll, i'm sure was del, further into this together in the coming weeks. but thank you so much for an ard for coming on former pentagon senior security policy. i was mike on the list. thank

you. strongly and friends are celebrating the 6 prisoners swapping the is really from us expired the pre hostages helping 100 over by the gallon and militant group . while the west jerusalem has started the release of hundreds of imprisoned palestinians, or middle east correspondent reef norse de, takes up the store in ramallah with rains, palestinian prisoners housing arriving from his reading jails, which are not all of them. the thing is that israel was set to release the 369 prisoners on 2nd day, 111 gallons detains during the war, plus 12000000 things. so in life terms and exchange for h is really hostage, mary saw sense back to the gather street, the pull to the broad why age of just one reason or was released to be able to find a verse of them and just 10 here to remember. * the feeling of freedom is indescribable. this is the most beautiful moment embracing my brothers,

my mother and my family on this day with the joy remains incomplete without my brother and god willing, we will be re united very soon. we left behind hundreds of our imprisoned brothers . the prisons are harsh, filled with disease filled with suffering. everyone is waiting for their moment of freedom and god willing, just as we gain this, they will to spend 23 years in prison. so the treatment wasn't that great, not really. honestly, the conditions of the prisoners are miserable. it's not good. but with this joy, everything else fades away, god willing, i will finally return home. as far as any warnings against mass gatherings, people have been waiting to welcome them now ex prisoners, family, friends, of course, but also ordinary citizens. here the prisoner exchange is seen as most a moment of joy and a reminder of lost. more than 48000 people have been killed. seems 15 months old. the guys are more according to this trip to officials,

security forces i here on the ground to provide security. i'm really, this is also stand by to check on the newly released mondays to be out of jail today. i missed the new one. so close a 201, but i'm going to figure out some so as a future palestinian president, that sentence 2 teen life terms for office, tracing designated fax, today's 3 days he wants to return home. today is ro considers he mass securities rather into the pools and having a broad, differently stooping prisoners, re read ours off to her mouth where these 3 is really hostages. males civilians to with dual. so wasn't shape. one russian, one american social, tucson of 29 must go head press, hard for his release for his a master the to israel, welcome such as return on sunday, through the font of worst, kidnapped with his mother and grandmother and good friends. all 3 were freed in november 2023 and was

a mass called gifts to mister fulton found his father was killed in october 7 during her master's attacks on his really southern communities. he was recently released by palestinians wanting to todd the girls also based in gauze of health, he showed a snapshot on a guy's, a beach, likely signaling to ross so that he was treated well, also afraid. so i get 2nd hand that is 6, that is really american father of free. his youngest daughter was born while he was in 5th period to in the gather strength. and both us administration's law made for his release the odd horn. the 3rd one released 46 years old was taken with his brother, whose still remains, inconsistency in dogs. if he's not going to be released any time soon for what we know, as in previous rounds him off and p i g turns they tend over into performance, but they saw him, they went further. hostages were driven out in a car.