the, the, because the headlines philadelphia international as russians foreign minister at his us count about hold a telephone call that in washington's request, lensky is coming to tell them that a distinctly different future lies ahead with america. now looking for a piece unfolding with an if the data will be in such blights manner, which now demonstrates united states to ration. yes. so we are not very happy with this, to be honest, but this is like the signature, st question, the days of washington to allow support for key advocacy me to be over as trump improved and told ukraine's hope for nato membership is done while the us so it's

just not realistic. would you crate to consider taking back russian territory? returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective chasing this, illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering. meantime here, okay, and leaders are in panic mode. scrambling to be included in peace folks on ukraine as a representative from the trump administration side of the e. you will not be sitting at the table. can you, can you a show this already in the ukrainians will be at the table and europeans will be at the table? the answer that last question, just you frame that the answer is no. and the 2nd round of everything is that alice and the republic over a kazi, it's the author, none of the 5 candidates secured the majority of the vote in the presidential over the

the welcome to the sunday program here. what else? the international we are running down the highlights to a must've week of development. so i'll talk story for you at this hour. the lines of communication are wide, open, rushes, foreign ministers target law. prof has now spoken with his us count upon marco ruby at this over the phone most coast as washington initiated the tools of my colleagues. you know, neil got the details from our correspondence, an associate for a loaner. you know, the high profile cool out of the initiative of the american side as well what's and what's interesting, i'm not so quote into the russian foreign ministry. of course, a lot of things were discussed and i think we have to go through a few of them and faith both parties reassigned. they're renting us to walk on, restoring mutually respectful dialogue as well as agreed on keeping regular contacts. including preparing a meeting between donald trump of lot of my food. they've also agreed to maintain a channel of communication to results, problems, and relations between the 2 countries. and what's important ahead to mention as

well that a lab roof and really actually exchange news on ways to put an end to his line. started biopharma back in 2016 on the title of conditions for russian diplomatic missions, functioning in the us. base policies will say re offense, that commitment to corporate on topical issues, international issues including ukraine, the contract in the middle east as well. love and reveal actually will say, confirmed that regina watts, together to restore mutually respectful into state dialogues that will set by the 2 countries. me does trump and putin. and they've also agreed to keep a regular context as well. yes. so much involved there is there, like the embassies could be starting to get bigger again, reopen help, a lot of people in each country just on the issue a piece talks. then that also seems to be building momentum, doesn't it? with dates and locations, not preparing to be finalized. exactly. well, you know,

there are many reports in this sense. the latest one we've had is from bloom bug that the contacts groups all set to meet in saudi arabia next week. but most of the housing consensus yet uh savanski said actually, well, he put his $0.02 in here as well. and he said that he was unaware of the open invitation and actually took issue. the key of is being side law. and i, you know, what's important to mention here is to negotiate in teams and reportedly and again, according to clean bugs, us special envoy to ukraine cheese kellogg is not on the list. and that raises questions of course. and on that list is actually a reportedly, again, is steve, which calls trump's middle east of envoy who actually negotiated a deal to bring america's monks. so go back to the country earlier this week for the last key housing 5 to put his 2 cents in full of this thing that he's not happy

about the polite nature of this dialogue between most good and washington. this is, if the data will be in such a large mental wish now that demonstrate united states to ration i think yes. so we're not very happy with it. be honest, but this is, this is live. it's actually i wanted to see this kind of reaction from zaleski to the unfolding relations between most grand washington. because from what we've heard on multiple occasions, lensky himself, he was actually opening rude and engaged in name, quoting a guess, vladimir putin. you might remember those moments as well, but overall from what we see now, the relations between russia and the us of somewhat increasing. but of course, we'll have to wait to see the lab roll for rubio, phone goals, follow donald trump's historic chat with the flooded ment. putting on wednesday, the hour and a half choke, it broke the ice off. the use of separate contact between the russian and american

leadership and try i'm sure there's still, it's off to us by the way, what he called a highly productive conversation. he like to issued comments to report who's on the call that he knew crying, echoing of stones given by his defense secretary, that likely will not go down. welding, gave the secretary of defense is excellent. he made a statement today saying that he thinks is unlikely, or impractical. i think probably that's true, i think long before present a button. 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 can not 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. well, i think page said today that that's unlikely, right? 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 cause more suffering. it certainly would seem to be unlikely. they took a lot of land and they fought for that land and they lost a lot of uh they lost a lot of soldiers, but it would just seem to be and i'm not, i'm not making an opinion on it, but i read a lot on it. and lot of people think that, that sort of likely total kinds of kind of what diplomatic maneuver and coming out to washington these days, that lensky had a, quite a bit of incoming messages to balance negatively. moscow in washington, save on so can about whether kia will actually have any kind of equal footing at any future peaceful in the last, you know, i don't think so as long as he's there. but you know, at some point you're gonna have to have elections to, you're gonna have to have an election just to be to go to most of the skin, which you can negotiate with anyone. but zalinski is illegitimate. he has no right

to sign anything. but if he wants to take part in the negotiations, i will send people who will conduct these negotiations. the issue is the final signing of the documents. this is a very serious issue that should guarantee security for ukraine and russia with a serious long term historical perspective. the next, the guess is saying that the phone call between trump and food and really does market historic shifting us foreign policy. and i think it's an enormous development in the us is relationship, not only with russia, but with ukraine, and with all of the nato allies, many decades that the united states and other nato countries have wanted to include ukraine in the nato alliance. and this is the 1st moment that us president sitting us president has officially said that they are comfortable with ukraine not being part of the alliance. so we are seeing a concession, a conciliatory message towards peace and towards diplomacy,

rather than the bellicose attitude of the former president of bite. and so i think it's a very historic moment. it's a really important moment for us, russian bilateral relations saturday, be assigned to bill itself as an important partner. as a strategic partner in negotiations for peace. it could also paved the way for further negotiations in the broader region. and here, i mean the middle east, especially these are the guys that so i think it's an important development. and i think it's going to be an important venue to host these tucks. so the fact that trump called put in as sitting president, even before he has communicated with the landscape, as many have noted today, is a huge development. and there's already calls, you know, for him to be impeach for there to be proceeding that he's a traitor. but in fact, trump is choosing here. diplomacy. he's said from the campaign trail. he's looking for a peaceful solution and diplomatic solution to end this war. well that's donald trump's, a direct toll since lot of improvement on ukraine of shaking the core of european

politics. his vice president j d bonds, was that the music security conference and let's say for one speech list off the taking the podium from lashing out for the blogs, pro wall stones too. so i mean the lots of free speech, the e u never stored coming and at that conference invite to visit ski and car if you're up to quickly create its own army. and then dispatch that on me to ukraine. a sort of has to become self sufficient, united by common strands, ukrainian, and european. if not to us, then we'll stop them. i really, i really believe that time has come. the forces of your must be created it's. it's a really interesting cool. you quite not a member of your opinion and yet you saying essentially you rec, needs its own on me. i mean, this is something we've heard before from the european need is present back on the fonts, particularly cold weather. so, but the last few years um, but of course in your this is an incredibly contentious issue and in fact,

many does, don't want to see your opinion on the a tool, including germany's own. it's called slab, 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 will, 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, it's absolutely clear that the postwar ukraine would have a very strong army. well, however, there all those in europe who uh, typically like you to grill bold with this idea of having the you are paying me. and this includes the polish for administer, who is essentially said that europe in troops will be needed to be sent to you

crate. and he didn't say nato troops. he said, europe in troops. when president trump says that as part of a deal, they will have to be repealed and troops well will have to be asked to, to supply them. so, sooner or later, we'll have to be involved. this begs a huge question. does europe have the ability to do something like that? we know to decades 2 decades, there was massive and the spending when it came to defense budgets. in fact, from, during his last presidency, he famously came to europe and said, hey guys, you need to stop 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 few years, but that is not enough to make up those decades of the 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 for essentially defend themselves. and they're

huge studies talking about how essentially the cupboards all back 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 that from putting call and everything else that's come, since they're there, has, in my sense being denied porting of optimism surrounding it. but it appears not everyone is willing to get run the table. it was really interesting news. we've heard as lensky saying it, the meaning security conference, but he will only speak to press a pretend he will speak to anybody else from the russian delegation. it will only be present preaching. well, that is a massive 180 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. in fact, uh, moving towards with russia. is he going to be able to even get up to a negotiating tables to really interesting to see where he's now coming from?

it feels as if every day, perhaps, even every hour. we getting a very different sense. if web loved him is 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 to being coming from the trunk administration. what's also really interesting is here with the munich security conference. he's also been trying to, i'm the division between the us and europe, essentially go over, look, you know, 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 sideline in, not just ukraine. he was side learning europe to had a most go with who you're part if we, as europeans don't trust each other. a few days ago, president tom told me about he's going to the station was put to north winds

the to mention that the american needs your, at the table, which in was one on one talks with america just like before the war when they met in switzerland and it looked like to call them up the world next put in, we'll try to get the u. s. president. standing on the red square on main, on may 9th. these here. not as a respected later, but as a pro, in his own performance. so as it let us do, 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 of a carrier 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 device it can you can your show this audience the ukrainians will be at

the table and europeans will be at the table where you just change the whole dynamic, pardon or victory? 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 that question is 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 inside you review in the next few weeks. but at the same time, we've now had a statement coming up from the g 74 and municipal. they say they will read the looking at during up more sanctions to throw it against most scope. if most go doesn't come to the negotiating table and do a deal. interestingly, bonus, 3 is 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

but, and this thing is going to change that right now. that's why your current site is being discussed. the t f a should have a space, a in nebraska, that is, or the message from. so that's good. he watches on this trump including layout plans for a meeting to discuss resulting the ukrainian cost for the dialogue between trump, them puts him and i saying this is, i mean this is up to them, but they can discuss everything, the ones, but not of all debris without us, and that's why in this case that's why, especially in these case i think it's elizabeth danger and that's why i said, did we need to talk more with the president and to talk more with his people with his teams? well, the future of ukrainians relations with america looking perhaps small business like specifically how can key of re pay washington. the trump administration now sees the billions that us gave the key of as an investment,

the dividends to become active, to re quote when, when partnership. that is the message from the us treasury sect. and 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 get 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 or and, you know, just next door to ukraine is one of the great success stories of the past 30 years of poland. poland has 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 alone. another much discussed topic ukraine holds immense potential as a major global supplier of critical role materials by held at the defense tech and green energy sectors. the country holds europe's largest titanium and lithium reserves, which have become the most sort off the metals across the world. analysts say if the us in key of signed the mineral agreement contracts could amount to really a set of dollars. however, the ones key says he won't be signing a deal on the prize results as with america, since it didn't provide any security guarantees. however, you're asian studies academic and come and hit a greg signs it says as zaleski is likely in the end. so anything to the trump administration, if it means you can hold on to power, it is just desperately the noises volume is rapidly running out. and i mean,

he is absolutely nowhere to go in some of the former. i mean a town reminding you brian for too long because someone who gets them. 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 of. and this is going to be a states in surprise was a and was and was lambs like they have live. so it's going to be a bias i um, anything on value in with the, the americans. and specifically, the drum, the inspection to the southern corporate is now here on the program where a 2nd round of voting to select. the next president of the republic about kazi a has been announced itself and none of the 5 kinds of bills on the initial ballad

were able to secure a majority vote details. now with a senior correspondence for the 1st round ease easier, but there's going to be a 2nd round usually the fact that not because of the mileage to drive up to 50 percent of the road. so there's going to be a 2nd ground in about 2 weeks. time but i get this is the figure turned out 65 percent of the population, which is just over 90000 people hoping they should have applied yes. is less than $300000.00 people. it's a small state that has huge have to be huge economic potential that is tourism. hey, it's a, it's a gym situated on the coast of the black sea. suddenly a tourist habits working 5 times its population and terrorist just last year expect move this year. so this is a very pizza of 5 going on between the 2 front brothers,

the 2 leading cabinets between the room. the 2nd round will be cartoons, are a very passionate people in the veto. it's, it's been up and down in their polls, except the need is being deposed in twos. the most recent to where the president was forced out was just last year. the selection ease, ease the off to mazda. of course, the central election can be sure they made sure the violations was fused as possibly to the actual observers here. uh, people from, from all over the world. everything went uh, went smoothly and was very, very common the, the observers that we buy, there's a tool to happy content about how the electron, when you go to somebody when voting, each voter gets a stamp in their internal passport. and this is a guarantee that the same person cannot vote twice if he or she wanted to. so

falsification is ruled out the things that we have seen so far. excellent. people are organized. nothing extraordinary. what's happening. calm, quiet. the voting forces is taking place in a very high level, i mean, in both aspects of technical and the organizing. so i think that everything is okay and the people offer pads. you have the possibility to choose freely and to hold freely. some countries have, have no interest in how things went just that it's a prize yet. and that, that what elections here is enough reason for them to displease. being taught thing was a prize you for the, for which is rule 30 years ago against georgia for, for its independence. the people here medicine, protective and the also most of us,

of the culture of, of, of the way of life. but for certain states, politics comes the will of the people regarding the so called presidential elections that took place in the george and occupied break away region of up cause here on 15th of february 2025, we recall that the european union does not recognize the constitutional and legal framework in which they took place. ukraine does not recognize the sham elections and abuse them as part of russia's systematic efforts to legitimize the pro russian separate history team in occupied georgia and territory. reinstatement is coming from the european union coming from from ukraine. just scott g is because they they both of carried ways. they might have been, you know, diving, we'll action, but much has changed since in the european union. we've seen them cancel it, romanian and todd lexan because the child does it. they didn't want one on will,

but need the privileges in ukraine. there's a president or form a president's landscape whose time is expired. who denies any calls for elections, who says the credit and people don't want elections to love? i'm elected president. so start the shoes, you know, prize you the reaction to these, these called the nations from the european union and from ukraine and being human. lots of people here are all focusing on a prize you that prepared for the next round of elections and they take their lessons from the situation around the above part. over to iran, we go down here on the program for the countries, the supreme leader called to further develop the nations a minute, treat capabilities that comes off the washington instruction based on the republic with a new round of functions with a story now picked up by a correspondent,

someone could join the tensions between side one and washington have reached the boiling points with a random precedence my soup position criticizing the white house has dual approach of calling for negotiations while intensifying sanctions. this comes for us presidents and donald trump reinstated his maximum pressure campaign against the table and a debtor tailing gets nuclear program and oil exports by driving them to 0. moreover, trauma recently suggested you one could be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon either with balls or with a negotiated deal. speaking during a visit to the southern province of blue shirt, on wednesday, president's position slammed the approach to let them go. if trump announces that we should do these things, and on the other hand, imposes all sanctions against us and then says, come on, let's negotiate. if you are willing to negotiate, then why are you double crossing? why do you cut off water, food, and medicine for the people of iran?

they don't want to negotiate with us. they want us to be humiliated in front of them, and we aren't going to be humiliated. in my opinion, we are able to solve many of our problems by relying on our human resources, trusting our people, and having a clear plan within our frameworks. let them know how to coordinate the maximum pressure campaign as part of the broader effort by washington to forced a long into more stringent terms for its nuclear activities. then those agreed upon back in 2015. however, critics argue that this approach only strengthens the rain and result against external incursions, rather than encouraging concessions to what has long issues the us of pursuing ration change through economic coersion over a genuine diplomacy. the reigning foreign ministry recently released the fact sheets, detailing historical grievances against the us, including pass crews like that of 1953 as more recent actions such as the general

awesome solely moneys assassination. moreover, it brought him as easy head off. he was national security committee of diplomacy in an exclusive interview with archie highlighted contradictions. can american policy natasha financial short? unfortunately, american politicians today are facing endless contradictions, especially president donald trump. i think this indicates that the political system governing the us nothing. the lack strategy and direction, but he's also confused in dealing with the great nation of the wrong. obviously that's what we are witnessing is actually derived from these actions that lack strategy and direction and filled with complete confusion. it is important to consider that the islamic republic of a wrong will never assign they'll be present at any agreement or negotiations under collision threats, sanctions, or actions labeled as maximum pressure. more recently, a bombshell review by the cradle magazine expose the depth of washington is

a long running campaign to destabilize e one. according to the cradle, the usa departments near east original democracy fund has filed hundreds of millions of dollars into culverts operations and toppling taekwan's governments. the leaked documents detailed how funding is used to launch protests, res, seem rights issues and finance the until the revolutionary opposition. pushing for regime change in the country and or to source from the reading government who wishes to remain on names has disclose. that table has kept a close eye on washington's extensive records of support and counter revolutionary groups in the country. the history of the u. s. government assistance to the uranium counter revolution is very old, and several congressional laws have been passed on this matter. these fundraising networks have always been under surveillance, and it is worth noting that there is constant conflict between receivers and non receivers of these funds within the entire randy and opposition. these developments

called limited long standing tank since we think you're one of them. the united states with washington for attending to one which is really strikes on its nuclear facility. steve in new deal is not reached. he says he wants to file an official letter of complaints with the un security council saying that such requests, fast inflammatory statements from the us violated international law and the united nations charter. sorry, that's a rep for now. who will not be international, but was so much moving and shaking in the well, this week we'll be back with the some of the top highlights of the top of the hour here. we're not you international. it is a sunday weekly program the the

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