[000:00:00;00] the cosmos. go and watch them to the top. diplomats speak over the phone. over in the visit i'm do is coming to toms with the fact that pizza is pop up from a top. if the data to the inside supplies mental wished out demonstrates united states to russia. i think yes. so we are not very happy with it. to be honest, this is, this is like the interesting question. having their own type of help this week. trump and peer tech, and judging from statements coming out of the white house, ukraine's bid for

a nate to membership is over as a type of takes and back in the last part. returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. chasing this, illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering. hold on one of this house that in europe in needs us and to make mode, desperately finding a way to be included in the piece, folks for that size, the men both the trumpeting says he won't have a seat to negotiate. can you, can you a show this audience that ukrainians will be at the table and your p and will be at the table? the answer that last question, just you framed it? the answer is no. ad fighting continues in the policy of the i'm 23 minutes inquiry proposed to me and to is one of the country largest cities to cover up despite audio claims that the area was on the government's control,

the the welcome to r t y on sundays we look back at the stories that crops headlines of the last 7 days. it's good to have your company this laptop story, this out of the full years of the white house started morning with donald trump back in the open office. it now seems that took sun, diplomacy, r o, so back rushes foreign minister has spoken with his us counterpart over the phone, apparently at washington's initiative. all teased on quartet tulips us through what we know. well, definitely looks like the lines of communication between moscow and washington had become more and more active with this call from the us secretary of state, marco rubio, to russia's foreign ministers. 3rd, a lab problem, they discussed a wide range of topics, specifically kind of rolling back the restrictions on russia's diplomatic missions to the united states that were established under the obama administration. and also

how to take steps towards resolving the middle east and ukraine conflicts. and on top of that, both of these officials also discussed the organizing and in person meeting between donald trump and blood in their uproot. and then they also said that they were happy that communication has been restored on a mutually respectful level. and that they're looking forward to more of it in the future. well, i mean, you mentioned that this potential meet certain right, coming up some of the saying and saudi arabia, between trump and peer to they have their own up phone conversation. i know that obviously people are probably quite vaulted about what was said, but have any tip, it's any highlights come out. well, of course uh this all started with this is stuart phone call, but donald trump had with vladimir putin earlier in the week on wednesday. and they finally broke the ice in russia. america relations after years of both of these powers pretty much having no communication whatsoever. and according to the kremlin, this is a major signal that piece has become a priority at the mostly st. miller. this is

a powerful signal and we will now attempt to solve the problems through dialogue. we will talk about peace, not warranty. what was the situation with the previous administration? so no dialogue should more until the end. that was the ungrateful. it was a little bit of a previous administration, right? another kind judging by president trump statements, we resolved problems to dialogue. no more. we changed this as ition should appeal more to any rate person or say to deal with. a trump also gave his $0.02 on his own phone call with lot of miracles and saying that it was highly productive. funny, later told journalists, some things that hasn't gone that haven't gone down very well. and ukraine because he and his defense secretary are essentially saying no to ukrainian membership in nato and no to ukraine's pre 2014 borders. secretary defense who was excellent. pete 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 you crank and not go into nato. the 1010 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 going to well, i think pizza today, that, that's unlikely, right? we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective, is 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 a lot of people think that, that sort of likely statements like that. you could probably imagine how worried

zalinski is about to have me having or not having a significant place at the negotiating table. because despite trump saying that he had a conversation with the wednesday right after his phone call with platinum or putting it seems like the positions with the adult, moscow, and washington, or that they're not very confident games the lunch, these authority and legitimacy is a lead or a to, to you soon as you're sitting question, i think they have to make peace, that people are being killed and i think they have to make peace. your i showed that was not a good war to go into. and i think they have to make peace. that's what i take. no, i don't think so as long as he's there. but you know, at some point you're gonna have to have elections too. you're gonna have to have it . i can just keep you to go to most of the skin, which you can negotiate with anyone. but zalinski is illegitimate. he has no right

to sign anything this. but if he wants to take part in the negotiations, i will send people who will conduct things. negotiations for 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 and historical perspective. i mean, we definitely seem to be getting the impression that took place. i mean, we're reading about it on a daily with hourly basis. now. i o, we on the verge of finalizing dates, times locations the summit, so deals, whatever else. while the crumb and spokes person to meet your pass code did invite from russia whenever you want it to come. but according to media reports, the most likely place right now where a would be meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump would take place is saudi arabia. and this is a place that donald trump had suggested before, but from us outside, we haven't heard any come confirmation about that yet. right now, is lensky to chime in on all this is expressed as concerns about being sidelined

and any so any sort of negotiations that are going to take place. and he also said that he was concerned about the friendly nature of communication between russia and the united states. and so not right now, if the data will be in such polite manner, which now demonstrate united states to russia. i think yes. so we are not very happy with it. be honest, but this is, this is live out singly enough. bloomberg is now reporting that the us special envoy for ukraine talks, talk chief catalog has been left out of the american negotiating team. instead, they apparently planned to send the us as envoy to the middle east. they're the same official who organized the recent high profile prisoner swap between russia and the united states. so we've only got media reports right now. we're gonna have to see how this plays out in terms of the time place and who's going to be their business consultant. angelo, to be honest, says he's optimistic about recent developments which are shop default from what we

saw with the previous us administration. the majority of the what we see this is a voice, a positive beginning. keep in mind that we are going from a bite and administration, which was uncompromising, not talking to the russian side. he at least we trust. we have a 1st step in the foundation. i think the foundation of quite positive folks from the beginning, we have some statements that are unrealistic, especially coming from killed. but they would come with wrong because they, it seems that clearly they want to get russia on the sides. i think putting would be a cautious dealing with trump, and i think the, the objective of pull it, you know, haven't changed. it's been 3 years that the, the object is with very clear. he was, he was always about, secrete the full russia. so respecting, you know, didn't, doesn't an expansion of natal east towards the d notification demilitarization

neutralization of ukraine and protecting russian population in ukraine. oh, donald trump picking up the phone to pull a lot of my parents and have rattled politicians over in europe. and that was even before the us vp took to the podium with them unix security conference, that j. d fonts criticize the use room, ongoing stones and slammed with cracks down on free speech. even the origin slight . yeah, i don't know what's on the top, but it was about same as i'm the not him is and then stay encouraged brussels to build it, so knobby and then deploy it to quite sort of has to become self sufficient, united by 12 months, friends, ukrainian, and european, it's not to us then who will stop them hide really? i really believe the time has come. the forces of your must be created it's. it's a really interesting colewell. you, clay, not a member of the european union, and yet you saying it's like she, europe needs its own all 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 you, this is an incredibly contentious issue. and in fact, many does, don't want to see europe in 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 the park would be better, but they are really eclipsed by a bus them, munitions, and all the, all the kind. and because of this, it's absolutely clear that the post law ukraine would have a very strong army. well, however, there,

all those in europe who will be likely to graham will do this idea of having to you repeat, you know, i mean, 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 repeating troops. well, will have to be asked to, to supply them so sooner or later will have to be involved. mrs. big's a huge question. does europe have the ability to do something like that? we know for decades and decades that 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 start spending more in nature in terms of defend spending. or we're not going to be the ones to protect you anymore. 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 if 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, if you are paying countries for essentially 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, the trump put in call and everything else that's come since they're there has, in my sense being that i pulling of optimism surrounding it. this is, 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 won't speak to anybody else. for 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 inside, outlawing tulips 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 slodum is lensky is coming from and probably a lot to that is to do with the right panic that we have seen from him. 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, look, you know, usaa leaving us out of this year up. 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 blinding europe too. so as the, let us get there, a sudden she's 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. 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 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 thoughts 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 a gainst 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 rupture 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. you're quite in a bit of a moving forward with plans to upgrade a new to the power plant. the sodium bill facility is supposedly set to receive to russian. we act as but purchase from us the country folk area. the project is also set to involve the us industrial manufacture, westinghouse, correspondent on a specific lot and that has the story and yours. this is a grandiose project and i am not afraid of that. would the 1st steps have been

taken? you know that we 7 co operation with the russians due to a cooperation with you that was with westinghouse before the full scale invasion. we are completely independent today. fastly independent, proudly free of russian influence on hugh christ energy sector and safe hands. new react to small power and a bold promise. europe's largest move here, pont built without russia in the picture. because who needs done trauma, but there's a catch the good throw wrench and polanski self praise, the reactive or symbol guerria. yep, they're russian. but the real savior, westinghouse, america's helping hand graciously extended. and if you've never heard about westinghouse before, prepare yourself for some mind blowing, fox, you will forget just a couple of days ago kids agreed the patches of russian we asked us for the cleaning needs. can you clip house along with you craning and peas scratching that heads upon them as the approval of the move? well, you are 4 keys,

10 some and so you for the authorities have launched the great atomic stuffed and spent $1000000000.00 on a russian reactor. now tens of billions of dollars will go to bulgaria, to buy russian reactors to raise tariffs for you. and the entire population, $261.00 voted for the council supports the purchase of russian equipment for the component ski nuclear power plant. it is planned to spend half a 1000000000 euros on this. it's kind of surreal. spending money on russian reactors during the war just a few years ago as you, craig, and what's the time and to date, survey era reactors in favor of west and alternative phosphor today on the plan isn't quite putting out on his why back in 2021 ukraine space, nuclear enterprise, and that the item, and he wants me play a power company westinghouse signed agreements to install a met can designed a 1000 reactors. and this many needs, can you create a power plant? a move cave was seriously proud of the agreement,

signed with partners from westinghouse, opens a new stage and the development of ukraine's nuclear energy sector construction of new power units. as a central for energy independence of our country. more over, we are becoming the driving force that will pay the way for europe to carbon neutrality. enter go. adam and cooperation with our american partners is ready to make the green transition to clean and affordable energy. but that's more to the story. the me see, i and here's the twist. the same. yeah, you crane science corporation agreements with westinghouse, full of the company's top level executives had already been sentenced. fulford in fox to nuclear reactors. the fun was building and south carolina. one never completed as construction problems mounted costs rose and schedule slipped, and defendants hid the truth status of the project. the defendants misrepresentations and the emissions as well as the associated cover up resulted in billions of dollars in losses to scan

a rate payers and investors. what happens well, in 2008 to us companies, sante coupon and s c. and g launched a nuclear project using a all 1000 reactors designed as sold by westinghouse, but delays and over spending nearly doubled the projects budget to ne, a. $23000000000.00. by 2017. the plan was scrapped on westinghouse, filed bankruptcy, westinghouse filed for chapter 11, bankruptcy protection with us cords in march 2017. to enable it to undergo strategic restructuring, the filing affected only it's us operations, which included projects to construct for $81000.00 reactors at 2 sides, voted in georgia and b. c. summer in south carolina. release documents review that se, and she and sponsor cuba while aware that the venture was deemed to fail due to mismanagement . luckily, you have

a slide on may just rules. old that was years before westinghouse filed for bankruptcy, and both companies pulled out of the project. just by the former us nuclear regulatory commission, chad man say they could charge cost a month for the failed project anyway. but none of this seemed to face skiff with the head of the cranes and that of the item. entering a member on the most corporation with westinghouse a c o accelerating the completion of the unit full of the committee needs. can you clear pop punk, the complete set of parts for the reactor island is available? we will be able to significantly reduce the construction time of criminal netscape, for as we do not need to spend time on the production of this equipment that same here. ukraine's and that the actual release factors of cotton inspection components in the south carolina warehouse, where the 81000 project was abundant back in 2017 fast forward to 2023. and that'd be awesome. and westinghouse strike

a deal for the needs coupon unit 5. using technology originally built for the never completed complex in south carolina saying we act as safety and gender braces. justin, you location something he of once again go very excited about. such reactors did not exist in ukraine. they do not exist in the post soviet space and they do not yet exist in europe. this is one of the most advanced technologies in nuclear energy making it possible to maintain the safety systems of nuclear plants, even in the vento blackouts, in the absence of diesel generators or other power systems. according to what 2020 spectrum and deal sante cooper, uninstalled parts intended for the south carolina talent which could be re used for future projects. while westinghouse handled sales and marketing, splitting the profits. but corruption wasn't just arriving at westinghouse in the west. it was honestly taking root in ukraine. the had overnighted, the item faced a corruption scandal, one his mother in law at

a time of war and having no official income for to luxury prophecy and multiple plots of land nikia. but despite the shady allegations, the cabinet of ministers still appointed him actually had open that of the items board. even ukraine, state nuclear regulatory inspector has got involved with a former board member accusing westinghouse of supply ross didn't equipment for the project. i would like to note that the equipment is being purchased, but there is still no feasibility study for the a r, a 1000 project that camille needs the nuclear power plant. in other words, there are no legal grounds to buy expensive equipment now. but the management of enter go out them and the ministry of energy do not pay attention to these trifles . so what are we left with? ukraine signed a deal to buy rusty equipment from we bankrupt to us the early for it to likely never show up. now kia was trying to russian, we asked us to complete construction of this nuclear font. despite z is, of course,

to trump, soviet technology of russia, states atomic energy corporation. summarize the situation. look, honestly. i think this is a very good advertisement of russian technologies. it appears the ukraine's efforts to distance itself from it's. silvia paused and everything russian is proving tougher than anticipated. while tearing down learning statues and remaining streets is straightforward. for yoga noise in industry is a foss big a challenge. and it seems that a matter how seriously ukraine attempts to break free from the soviet paused, it invariably finds itself coming back to square one see no evil head. no evil speaks no evil. that seems to be the approach of the new foreign policy chief when it comes to the kenning of russian civilians by ukraine. speaking him unit con, call us one so far as to suggest the cube strips of note raised a single lesson non combatants. well,

when it comes to russia and ukraine, you know, the difference is that the russian civilians are not dying. i mean rice in children, then we were not dying. it's so which is on the ground, the father territory when you are occupied, then it doesn't mean you know, in words, you have peace, but it doesn't mean that the human suffering was stop. and that is something that we need to work for. can a person in such a position not know that the key every team is committing terrorist acts against civilians, children, women and socially vulnerable groups know. and as they say, we know they know can a person with the authority and that knowledge lie like that? yes. tell us does, for the last few days, all the leaders have been screaming all over the place that they absolutely need to keep their seat at the negotiating table. callous cuts their hopes at the root. how can you talk seriously, with those who have declared lies is their official position. last month, the bodies of $22.00 civilians were discovered in the cost region,

and the town previously occupied by ukrainian troops. the corpses showed signs of torture prior to dest keeps full. so simple, so continually showed residential, both the areas he being of the $800.00 civilians, dead and over $5000.00 in the past year alone. according to local forties, independent john to sonya vanda and then says, kind of his wives don't correspond with the reality she's seen with her own on. and now she forgets, also to say or to mention, or, i mean, not even think about it. of course the like in the cities of done yet. and what you mentioned before and her laska, people were dying children with dying. i mean, and these are okay to russian speaking, people there who are dying, and we all know that the rest random in 2022. the 4 legions are now part of russia . so they are russians and they are dying. and of course, a lot of people died in the foot by the hands of ukrainian. i mean,

so it's apparent adults actually because they are saying russia is killing its own citizens, but actually it's ukraine. who is, they think these 4 regions are part of ukraine. they are the shooting or killing ukrainian schools cuz was a very terrible thing. and we know that's malicious waiting for score. i hope there are no gone. we for sure. no, there's a lot of regions are already liberated again. so, but from the start, when it started in 2020, to discuss your military operation for sure. they killed a lot of people and it was not only soldiers, it was russian speaking people, russian, people who got killed. so i mean, this is a lie, continue and, and continue the guy a call us as a loss of your being countries, the ones who are ready to collide about russia. and i think, i hope they, with this piece initiative from the us and russia. i hope you're of it's starting

to realize that they are on the wrong truck or the to central africa report, say the medicine group and 23 has taken over. one of the deal sees largest cities because in the east of the country, locals desperately hope the peace will be bestowed. a super secrecy. we don't know what's happening. there are bullets everywhere. we don't know whether it's m 23 or 4 d. c forces. really, we all stressed it's not going well a tool like any in truth, the enemy is not in town, but people have lost a lot of things they burned but could do to market installed. everything else is erupt to the eastern congress because as the in 23 fights has reached the city center you what you mean. but that for the past few days, the into the city has been pushing towards because of which is the 2nd largest city in the east and the i see. and that, of course, off to the seas for my at the end of january. and i must tell you, this whole situation has changed in

a matter of hours because the comedies on forces return, simple covered set to the evenings following the unexpected withdrawal in between the city fighters from the city less than 24 hours of the capturing. it's on friday, but when m. 2035 to live, because with yesterday, it to me unfit with a that was a tactical retreat or part of a negotiated withdrawal. in fact, the side to the parts of him to the city amazed speculation about with the regrouping elsewhere and the diplomatic pressure. oh, with that they were prepared for get another offensive. we do know that because who has been preparing for an empty city offensive for several days now sat 2 schools on friday as residents began to flee, which swaps also closing over fee is often imminent attack. and right now, reports tell us that it is the game to the city, spoke space, and we didn't go much who has told

a media that the group was indeed in the city the spokesperson has also been posting on x. the pos for you all was saying that all of this is back to the population of will come from can breeze the a offer, the lucian, the a of the, the ration and the a, a fee to but to the company's president's office has a different perspective have a listen to this, the town of because the briefly over run by m 23 terrace is now under the control of the congolese ami, and the valiant was a lender, and that the munich security conference, the see president felix to security code for one the to be sentient of choosing the country of having expansionist emissions. in fact, the president a see can come to me is, is a, is the one to, for the escalation in the eastern d. c. at the same time or one does defense minister matters more than that used his intervention at the security conference to received accusations that to the one