our chief political correspondent, nina house. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines today. a court in south 3 a has passed. so the arrest warrant 7 peach president. you know, after his lawyer, sorry, the environment was taking too long you and was arrested in january for his short lived declaration. of martial law in december 2020, to investigator se amounted to a repellent. here in germany, workers at 11 airports will strike on monday. trade union van is demanding an 8 percent wage wrong lies higher res. higher bonuses and more days, conditions, employers say they can't afford. strike comes ahead of a 3rd round of negotiations. russia has carried out widespread attacks on ukraine's infrastructure, including the ne city of hockey. 8 people were injured in a missile attack on a residential area in the city, which is one of your credit is the largest president flooded miss laskey called from mutual ed to subject serious. pres, launched a large scale security operation in western areas, loyal to house, that leader

house when he is ready for peace. joining us now to discuss the ramifications. ninaonal affairs at the new school and coauthor of in putin's footsteps. nina, great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> what was your reaction to this meeting? i mean, it was a pretty big blow up. and you write that this really played into putin's hands. >> well, every. disagreement on. >> the. >> ukraine front. >> on the. >> western front. >> plays into putin's hands. >> and so this. >> was just a. >> gift that that i don't. >> think even they expected. >> because zelensky. >> showed himself as. they think exactly. >> as they thought he would. >> that is, he's argumentative. >> he wants. >> concessions at all times. >> he thinks he's. >> the king. >> of the hill. >> and donald. >> trump basically slapped him down. >> and then europeans. >> rushed to support. >> zelensky versus. >> or so. >> it seemed for a bit. >> versus donald trump. >> and therefore, of course, as you know, putin. >> is a. >> former kgb operative. >> so for them, the disagreements. in the. >> west. >> without even ru