seeing negotiations between russia and ukraine as a key piece that needed to move forward. now that it's moving forward, do you worry that donald trump could agree or push a deal that gives russia a green light to expand further in what used to be considered sphere of influence? i don't think that donald trump is going to reach a meaningful agreement with the russians, and i can explain why. and i think the end result is that this war is going to go on. and i think the russians have a vested interest in taking more territory than the for all bloss and crime me, which they've already the next. so i think the, the in the, what we'll get here is a frozen conflict. not any form of meaningful peace agreement. and the russians will have a big slice of territory, which will have devastating consequences for ukraine. now, why is it the case that ice thing that you won't get a meaningful peace agreement? it's because of the conditions that prove this put forth. who is said to get negotiations going just to get in negotiations going was ukraine and the west have to recognize that ukra

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now he has broken through the russia-ukraine stalemate. by talking directly to president zelenskyy. then this morning with a phone call to vladimir putin of russia. if in a lengthy truth social post, he laid out a brand new u.s. strategy to end the war. in his own words, let me quote, i just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with president vladimir putin of russia. we discussed ukraine, the middle east, energy, artificial intelligence, the power of the dollar and other various subjects. all right. end quote. now, joe biden never spoke to putin since the war began. not once. but trump is clearly making good on his campaign promise to end the war. and he's doing it with his usual warp speed. now, again, in his own words he posted -- and i'm going to quoth agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with russia-ukraine. president putin even used my very strong campaign motto of common sense. end quote for a moment. common sense has been a constant trump theme. for the economy, for the doge awed a admit

probably a million people that lost their lives and injured in ukraine and russia. hing. ukraine never had any chance of winning this. putin knew that and we knew that. but the geocons pushing this war and it's un-fort. larry: the truth social posting and lengthy and highly productive phone call with putin and discussed middle east and ukraine war and so forth. we both agreed and putin wants to stop. that's breaking to me. that's brand new stuff. then he says including that, we begin and call zelensky and then they're going to meet with putin and his people that are going to be secretary of state rubio, cia director and john ratcliffe and nsa security mike walt and am bass -- mike waltz and ambassador witkoff. joe biden never talked to putin during the war. joe biden's people never tried to set up a process and trump is doing this by himself opportunistic the telephone. >> why would putin want to make a deal and he's getting huge progress going through ukraine and he's losing people and also picking up ground, moving west ford towards kyiv but he pes to get it done.

russia put a red line in the sand and said nodding ukraine. they put up with it in poland and the baltic states. host: you are not saying that russia was justified in invading ukraine? caller: absolutely they were. what will we had done if russia put -- china had put in -- tried to move new mexico and been on our border and make mexico part of some alliance? host: a defensive alliance, which is what nato is? caller: yeah. where they defensive when they bombed yugoslavia? host: all right. tulsi gabbard was sworn in yesterday as the director of national intelligence. i want to share with you what mitch mcconnell said on why he voted no. said, "the nationhould not have to worry that the intelligence assessments the president receives are tainted a dector of national intelligence with a history of alarming lapses in judgment. edward snowden's treasonous port -- betrayal of the untateand i activities endanger sources, methods, and lives. japan is among america's closest treaty allies and the risk of conflict in theegion is the product of chinese agg

um, and he also, of course talked about ukraine and russia. >> yeah. and that perhaps was some of the most notable commentary coming from trump there saying that he trusts vladimir putin on ukraine. and though he says that kyiv is going to have a seat at the negotiating table, he looks forward to eventually meeting with putin in saudi arabia. and he added to comments made yesterday by the secretary of defense, pete hegseth, saying that he does not see how russia, a country in russia's position, would allow ukraine to join nato. and then in what was a confusing array, this sort of explanation of history that was off. uh, trump essentially said that the war in ukraine would not have happened had former president obama not kicked russia out of the g8 to fact check that russia was kicked out of the g8 for annexing crimea, which is a part of ukraine, or was a part of ukraine until russia took over it. so that's a weird basis for logic there. he also talked about elon musk. >> yeah that's right. and he said that he thinks that doge the department of governmen

it would have never happened, and that includes russia. ukraine would have never happened, not even a little bit, not even a chance, but now we are faced with a situation that's different in some ways better and in some ways worse. but we're faced with a very complex and difficult situation, but we'll solve, we'll solve the problem. >> [indiscernible] >> what other countries do you think might accept palestinians from gaza? pres. trump: well, i think jordan and egypt will. i know they've spoken about it with you, and they say they're not going to accept. i say they will. but i think other countries will accept also. i think that gaza maybe is a demolition site right now. if you look at gaza, it's all -- i mean there's hardly a building standing, and the ones that are going to collapse. you can't live in gaza right now and i think we need another location. i think it should be a location that's going to make people happy. you look over the over the decades, it's all death in gaza. this has been happening for years. it's all death. if we can get a b

it had 75% of its conventional forces postured against ukraine. russia deployed intelligence operatives from the fsb to forcibly replace ukraine's elected leaders. u.s. intelligence believes it intended to kill the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. vladimir putin, to justify the invasion, denied ukraine's right to exist or even its history as an independent nation, which he continues to do today. yesterday, president trump said this was, quote, not a good war for ukraine to get into. as if russia's full scale invasion was ukraine's choice, it wasn't. and right up until the final days before the invasion, the ukrainian leader was speaking to the french president, emmanuel macron, about a peace plan. russian leaders took part in those discussions as well, even as they were massing their forces and russian commanders were intercepted by western intelligence, finalizing their invasion plans. many were understandably skeptical, given russia had repeatedly violated peace plans and let the record show had already invaded ukraine in 2014, taking possessio

reporter: have you had conversations with president trump about de-escalating the conflict in russia and ukraine, as you know, i have been in constant contact with both russia and ukraine. prime minister modi: i've visited both countries and many peoples are mistaken and feel that india is neutral. i'd like to clarify, india is not neutral. we have taken a side. and we have taken the side of peace. and it is based on this principle. and i said it is not the era of war p. and it is my conviction that solutions cannot be found on the battlefield. ultimately, you have to come to the negotiating table, and india has constantly made efforts that there are talks that take place where both parties are present. it is only then that we will find a solution. the efforts being made by president trump, i support them, i welcome them and i would like president trump is as successful as soon as possible so the world is on the path to peace once again. president trump: everybody, thank you very much. thank you very much. i very much appreciate the prime minister visiting our great country and appreciate it. we

concerned as you know, we had a very busy weekend and were dealing with israel in dealing with ukraine and russia and we have meetings and talks scheduled with various parties including ukraine and russia. i think those discussions are actually going pretty well. the discussions in the middle east with israel and various other countries, are progressing and benjamin netanyahu is coming on tuesday and i think have some very big meeting scheduled. >> do you feel that elon musk is delivering on his promises to you with a job right now. trump: i think elon is doing a good job and ease of big cross cutter and sometimes we won't agree but not go where he wants to go but i think he is doing a great job and he is a smart guy very smart and is very much and cutting the budget of our federal government. >> mr. president. tariffs in canada and the border. [inaudible]. and tariffs xi jinping under. trump: canada has been very abusive of the united states for many years. they don't about an candidate does not allow banks to go in and if you think about it, that's pretty amazing we have a u.s. bank, they don't

russia cloud over his administration. but he also said that he would stop the war between ukraine and russia on day one, and it's between ukrainel going strong. and what reaction are you seeing playing out in washington to trump's ongoing comments about how he wants the us to take over gaza?— us to take over gaza? well, it's not seen _ us to take over gaza? well, it's not seen as _ us to take over gaza? well, it's not seen as a _ us to take over gaza? well, it's not seen as a serious . it's not seen as a serious play. that we're more likely to take over greenland and the panama canal than take over gaza. this is not what americans voted for, or his supporters. his supporters are more isolationist, and they were tired of 20 years of war in the middle east. so they're pretty shocked that he is now making these types of comments. but he also does like to stay in the headlines. and so, he wanted to stir the pot. but this is not seen... even the israelis don't think that this is going to happen. and that this is not seen as a serious play by middle eastern countries who don't want to take two million palestinian refugees. take two m

in terms of ukraine war, i feel the solution would be to have russia keep the land they have occupied but have the ability for ukraine to join nato. i know pete hegseth says it can't be done but that's the solution. if ukraine was part of nato, that would an attack from russia and stabilize the area. host: you think russia would accept that? that is kind of a red line for them. caller: it is a red line but they could keep the land they have occupied. it is a win-win for both countries. that would stabilize the area. russia would not be able to go into ukraine because the nato countries would defend him. host: we have got on the screen the ukraine and area we are talking about. russia controls all the area in pink. there is a sliver of land in russia in the kursk region the ukrainians are controlling at this point. do you think they should be allowed to keep that? caller: yeah. that can be worked out. the main point is that russia -- i don't think they want to give up the land they have occupied. pete hegseth said that would not be a point. it is clear if you tell russia they can keep

russia is going to be there with our people. ukraine is also invited, by the way. exactly who's going to be there. but high-level people from russia, from ukraine, and from the united states. >> would you like to have him back? pres. trump: i would love to have him back. it's not a question of liking russia or not liking russia. i said what are you guys doing? all you talk about is russia. they should be sitting at the table. i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake, and they got russia out. it's very possible that if that were the g8, you would not have had the problem with ukraine. and if i was president, you definitely would not have had a problem with ukraine. russia would have never attacked ukraine. but you ask the question, the g8, it used to be the g8, and i was arguing with trudeau and with numerous other people. i actually, prime minister ab , great man from japan, i think it would have been very helpful, and it still would be helpful to have russia be a part of that mix. if they were come i don't think they w

signaled a reversal on support of ukraine's bid for nato membership, and now says the country may have to give up territory to russia. >> we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic expectative. -- objective. >> reporter: at home the administration says nearly 75,000 federal workers had already signed up for the buyout which offers full pay and benefits through september to those who voluntarily leave their positions. the white house, though, says that offer is now off the table for anyone who hasn't already signed up. worth noting that the white house and some advisers signalled this program isn't just about economic efficiency but getting rid of what they believe is a politically adversarial federal work force. meanwhile, back to the foreign fighting, overnight ukraine says russia attacked them with 140 drones, 85 were struck down. back to you. >> all right. jarred hill, thank you. >>> former democratic congresswoman and military veteran tulsi gabbard is now the nation's director of national intelligence. president trump looked on as she was sworn in yesterday during

rush receives negotiations very, very differently than does the united states or ukraine, or frankly, the west for russia. negotiations talks after table or another form of let's call it non violent warfare. they use it to get what they want their strategic objectives, which are the dom, being the dominant power ukraine. ukraine. that's for sure. it to russian foreign policy interest as a change of the leadership in ukraine. that's what they want. and maybe they have drugs at this moment that's sitting at the table with the united states and or ukraine is the best way to get that. the western view, i have, people have to keep in mind. the western view is very different. we believe in compromise. so called a win win win situations. that's not how the russians see it. so the russians have calculated that the, the moment is right to go to the table to try to see what they want the 9th directory to mr. press cops, comments that in your introduction, there's not going to be a trade, for course, there's not going to be uh, a situation where russia has to give up what it has so illegally seized. and that's goin

and the piece still will be between russia and ukraine. not russia and america. i was so sure i'll just go to washington. well, it's here from ukrainian president reload him. is lensky who says that he's held what he calls very substantive talks with washington, the ends of war and new crime. he prizes what he described as terms of genuine interest in working towards pace. it is useful which the most time i met again blog . i had a conversation with president trump a good and detailed discussion. i am grateful to the president for his genuine interest in our share at opportunities, and how we can work together to bring real peace closer to to it was a long conversation. we discussed many aspects of diplomatic, military, economic and keepers down the drum and president trump informed me of what putting had told him because we believed in america strength is sufficient to pressure russia and putting in to piece together with us together with all our partners. lemme and con joins us now from popular opposite in easton, ukraine. and 1st of all, can you just give us a

any peace deal will be between russia and ukraine. not russia. and america was so sure i'll just go to washington. well, the result, tina is from the democratic initiatives foundation, one of ukraine's oldest think tanks. she says a c san dale isn't on the horizon yet despite trump's conversation with him to, to your credit was constantly informed about the i'm going to seconds. we channels of communication between us and moscow. but the 1st school to put in i wouldn't over exaggerated significance because this is the roster who must be either kind of useful post actually to be constructive. and to start negotiations, ukraine here has declared already that they are ready. i mean you creating and the storage is there ready to, to talk about some temporary decisions like a ceasefire. but the rest of these not interested literally in that. that's why i wouldn't. so was a jury disaffected from cold, would you? but uh, the, the, the sense of this for the confidence of this conversation is the more challenging no write it to me because the drum is not f

and russia has been sidelined by the west since its full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. so joining forces has advantages for both sides, and this is where it has the biggest advantage for boots and on the battlefield. russia has lost a lot of soldiers since the beginning of the war and is having difficulties recruiting at home. that's where north korean help comes and kim sent troops to fight against ukraine's unexpected incursion onto a russian soil in the course region. these videos are believe to show north korean soldiers being equipped at a military base in russia. in january, ukraine announced it had captured wounded north korean soldiers in the course region, south korean, and us intelligent say there are more than 10000 north koreans fighting on the russian side. lisa's officer lived it completely, a precedent to to take steps when someone asked me in 2022 kind of happened as a definition north of that's for to keep us in mind defense which has never happened before. this career has never ask a dispatched proof of troops like full units to tell any of the country

and that is, 1st of all, donald trump, himself doesn't have much knowledge of ukraine and russia. so the question is, what would that negotiation take? the starting point for that probably is that ukraine will accept a russian occupation of the parts in ukraine and the short term in return for security guarantees. whether that's an actual invitation to join nato, or a guarantee of support from natal members with continued a. now there are certain members of the trump administration indicated they may be open to this. that includes the possible way for ukraine, keith kellogg. it includes the national security advisor, mike walls. the problem here is, is, will they be the adults in the room who will be listened to? or will trump in terms of being very impetuous, decide, look on his own accord or through someone like his personal friend. what steve woodcock, we're going to negotiate directly with the russians. there are indications that trump is actually moving towards that point of view. i think we'll say to munich security conference this weekend. we're moderators. lensky will meet

russia. he's questioned u.s. foreign aid for ukraine. he's a diminished the u.s. involvement and european involvement. so this clearly, as we learn more about this phone call, if the united states is adopting russia's view of this conflict, that is very much a challenge and a problem for, uh, the western world. but it would not be surprising necessarily, because if you look back at the history of of vladimir putin and donald trump from his first administration, it was generally president trump siding with putin, certainly over his own fbi. back at that helsinki summit and other places. so this is, uh, certainly a challenge here. and the beginning of a separation from other western allies, which we've already seen. so there is no doubt that the prisoner exchange last evening, without question, is amazing news here in the u.s. but deep, deep questions and skepticism about the relationship, which seems to be a priority for this administration. and it has been 12 years since a u.s. president has visited russia. we will see if donald trump is another one, but certainly

this is a very serious issue that should guarantee security for ukraine and russia with a serious long term historical perspective. and there can be a single slip. everything should be polished, but in the coordinates with the constitution of ukraine. the president of ukraine, even under martial law, does not have the right to extend his powers. only representative authorities have the right to extend their powers, which is only the right of the countries parliament. and the president only has a 5 year term. that's it and nothing else. further, his powers are transferred to the chairman of the rata. but if there is a desire to negotiate and find compromise solutions, let anyone negotiate there. naturally we will strive to achieve what suits us, which corresponds to our interest in terms of signing documents. everything should be done in such a way that lawyers confirm to us the legitimacy of those people who be authorized by the ukrainian state to sign in these agreements that are saying things as something quite positive on the day. the next step that we'd be looking for would see, wo

russia? and would he be willing to go to ukraine in the future? >> secretary leavitt: i don't have any decisions to make on the president's potential visit to russia or any in-person meeting at this time. john? >> reporter: to questions, one on foreign policy, one on domestic policy. following up on the presence call with president putin, does the president view russia, view president putin as an ally, as a partner, as a competitor, or as an adversary? >> secretary leavitt: i believe this nation views putin and russia as a great competitor in the region, at times in adversary, as the president has said, as well, he enjoys having good diplomatic relationships with leaders around the world, finding that common ground, also calling them out when they are wrong, and leading from a position of peace through strength. that is the president's greatest strength and we have seen that again time and time again. >> reporter: pointed out in your statement regarding the confirmation of tulsi gabbard, there was one republican who voted against the nomination of

russia. so mosca is ready to discuss the supplements in ukraine, but only on equal tons of cope had said that russia and the united states have set and contacts us or that foreign policy developments. but he refused to disclose any detail saying that they do not make sense. so according to the pope communication channels, existence, the work is in progress. and there is, but there is no shadow of contact between preaching and trump kids. but i mean, no body is burning out. that's as the situation becomes clear if they will be agreements on that particular mindset. and there are also many talks about the uh, uh, tools coming unix security conference would be ukrainian sacrament will be discussed, of course, but a representative for ukraine in russia keys kind of said that the us piece plants we prayed wouldn't be presented at the conference. okay. you'll get something valuable with all the context there. thank you very much. reporting from us go. the trumpet minutes ration has given federal workers until the end of the day to decide whether to opt into its deferred resignation program. preside

maria: then there is ukraine president trump wants to negotiate peace between russia and ukraine saidtin is open to the discussion watch. >> president putin said that wants it to end doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it of ceasefire so we can stop the killing, i think we will probably end up some point getting a ceasefire in not too distant future. >> kyle trump spoke with putin and zelenskyy on phone directed national security team to begin discussions at munich security clearance tomorrow trump said likely will meet with putin potentially saudi arabia ukraine likely not joining nato not practical, but i wonder when you think about president trying to put avkt on money sending ukraine, we've got veterans on street homeless, people are angry about it but if president can come up with this, idea, of reciprocity with rare minerals rich in ukraine, perhaps u.s. gets something for that money. your thoughts? >> you know, it would be nice if we could get something for all of our input hut, maria, the fact this s

and the piece still will be between russia and ukraine. not russia and america. i was so sure i'll just go to washington. when he came supplies of red rock, minerals could be the key to a piece deal according to president from the minerals of bible components. and many new technologies. and ukraine has potentially huge reserves and condra pulled from it. don't ask region this use mines adult, the landscape of ukraine's east, but the mining sector could be powering up and going into production again. ukraine sits on 12 trillion us dollars with the breast minerals needed to power technology, including lithium and titanium. it could be arrival to china, the world's biggest current supply. and that's interesting to the us, which is wary of china is rise globally to the famously transactional us present. donald trump says he is found the deal he wants to make with ukraine to help. and the wall, so we're looking to do a deal with your brain with giving the weapons and aid in return to read of materials and ukrainian presents. without them is lensky is open to the idea

russia will be there with our people. ukraine is also invited, by the way. sure exactly who is going to be there from any country. high level people from russia. from ukraine. and from the united states. reporter: you want russia back in the g-7? pres. trump: i'd like to have them back. it was the g-8, i said what are you doing? all you talk about is russia. and you -- they should be sitting at the table. i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake and got russia out. it's possible that if that was the g-8 wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. if i was president you definitely wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. but you asked a very good question. the g-8, used on the g-8, then these people threw hem to out. -- threw them out. i was arguing with trudeau and with numerous of the people. actually, prime minister abe, a great minister from japan, a great man, agreed with me. 100% and some others did, too. but i got there and it was the g-7. i think it would have been helpful, still would be helpful to have

god bless the people of russia and ukraine. i myself just spoke to the president about these calls and he told me to tell all of you. they were very good cause they were very positive and the administration is full hardly committed to a piece deal to end once and for all the russia ukraine. for more on that later, i'm sure you'll have more questions to ask um this week the president has continued to deliver on his promises to the american people. according to new polling that was released at the beginning of this week by cbs news and overwhelming 70 percent of americans said that president trump is following through on what he pledge to do during his historic campaign. okay, we're moving away from that for just a moment. hannah shall last back to you. so we were just listening to the white house press secretary, who was sounding very optimistic about the future of the russia ukraine war and bringing it to an end. but here's the thing when it comes to the issues that are or have been important for you, crane membership of nato,

now on a flight munich leading the american delegation to try to end russia's war on ukraine. sterday president trump spoke to both the presidents of russia and ukraine and echoed what the defense secretary pete hegseth said here in brussels it was unrealistic for ukraine to retake land captured by russia and said ukraine will not be joining nato. here is trump on those phone calls. >> we had a great call. and it lasted for a long time, over an hour this morning. i also had with president zelenskyy a very good call after that. and i think we are on the way to getting peace. i think president putin wants peace. and president zelenskyy wants peace. and i want peace. i just want to see people stop getting killed. >> so, again, the word from the white house and the pentagon is unrealistic for ukraine to retake those borders from before 2014. that area controlled by russia now. the phone calls took place on the same day trump's director of national intelligence was sworn. in tulsi gabbard, no democrats voted for brian, not even bernie sanders, and tulsi gabbard also met with india's

that means ukraine is going to lose land to russia. tates does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable european and non—european troops. to be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be us troops deployed to ukraine. ukraine is also grappling with a battlefield reality of minimal progress. it is the invaders who have been dominant. tonight, president zelensky had his own call with donald trump. translation: we discussed many issues, and president trump - informed me of what putin told him. we believe that america's strength is enough, together with us, to pressure russia and putin towards peace. and that road to peace is neither going to be straight nor smooth for ukraine. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. i'm joined now by maria snegovaya, seniorfellow with the europe, russia, and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you, maria, for talking to me about this. what are

everything else that we've been talking about, which is the potential negotiations between russia and ukraine. the trump administration, seeing this as a good faith effort by russia to that will play into those negotiations. today, american officials saying that belarus is releasing these other three unilaterally, essentially agreeing with with with president trump's position of of of peace through strength. but make no mistake, belarus, russia trying to curry favor with the trump administration here, i want to play a little bit of what two u.s. officials had to say after the release of these three individuals in belarus. take a listen. >> this was a unilateral gesture by the lukashenko authorities. they made this gesture because they are responding through what adam pointed out, which is the president's peace through strength agenda. they're responding to strength. they're looking to improve ties. this was a gesture on their side. >> it's important to note here that this is four releases we've had in less than a month of the administration. it's quite extraordinary. it's really a very rare t

so that ukraine is an opportunity for america, not just a cool us to support with billions of dollars. and i think he's just really conscious of potential blaine game when and if talks with russia fail, he doesn't want to be blamed for these talks dialing the kind of consensus here and ukraine amongst many, is that basically trump is in his honeymoon right now. he thinks he can kind of deal based on his special brand of chum and deal making and that eventually given time and with the credit is pay that calls right. maybe he trump will realize that if he doesn't want to come out of this looking like the losing side, he will have to apply some pressure on putin and do more for ukraine. that is the hope it solves the something that looks pretty questionable right now. but they don't have a lot of other things to do with hopeful, so that's i guess, the option seeming you, they going full truck is also communicated that security guarantees moving forward for ukraine will not come from the united states rather will have to come from europe how to secure do ukrainians feel knowing that their future security may be in your opinion, enhance that is a big deal just a couple of days ago,

possible peace talks between russia and ukraine. what do you make of this? think we're seeing happen is president donald trump said he was going to bring an end to this , and nobody wants vladimir putin to win and what they want is to see an end to this with thousands of lives being lost in ukraine and in russia, and getting these two to the table to negotiate is going to take a dealmaker like president donald trump. he is exercising that ability. he has secretary hegseth there, and i certainly expect that you will see him pull them to the table, that you will see peace in that region, and that there will be an end to all of this conflict. liz: senator, i mean, we've spent tens of billions of dollars, right? and a lot of blood and lives lost. president trump really wants peace there. he's doing this in just three weeks time. it's interesting to see this happening after four years of president biden. i mean, president trump, playing hardball with europe. did that get russia to the table? because "the talks" are going to begin this friday. jd vance, the vice p

he simply said with ukraine and russia.ut we've just heard from the kremlin this morning, dmitry peskov coming out and saying, look, trump didn't say that exactly. he's saying that actually, if you listen closely to trump, he's simply saying that talks are actually planned, which of course, both sides have said that they are involved in doing and willing to sort of engage with each other in talks. and meanwhile, of course, ukraine is very worried, given the noises that we've heard, certainly out of russia, that they might be shut out of these talks. and this is why i think this comment around elections from keith kellogg, the russia ukraine envoy of trump's administration is interesting because he's saying hold elections. now we know that ukraine has put off elections. they're not allowed under the constitution during a time of martial law. plus the not insignificant logistical hurdles right, of 20% of the country being occupied, 7 million or 6 million citizens living outside the country. but but russia has said that it bel

but as for the western reaction, basically the entire stones on the rushes into an own ukraine's incursion into russia when it comes to their operations and in the court a squeegee and a has been very favorable. the general consensus has being that well ukraine can defend itself, however it sees fits and if you keep believes, says that stretching the front even further and essentially beginning operations the on the, on the whole, another section of the front in the crudest region, if they believe that this is something that could help them then. well, so beads now. so from the political standpoint, the western western countries, they have been very approving of uh, ukraine's operation in the course region from the military standpoint. though some experts have criticized, keeps saying that it is stretching its resources pin and basically is flips the other directions of much needed reserves and reinforcement allowing russia to keep the pace. for example, here in the next region. so they have been the, they have been completely deaf to the latest. well, it to the latest pools by russia to at least say

he said peacekeeping, but we are not in a positioning between ukraine and russia.s is about deterring russia from attacking. you european forces we need some backup but not under article five, and this is just like we have had u.s. or other countries having operations in afghanistan, iraq, syria, against isis, and article five doesn't apply to any of those situations. >> john: all right, well, a lot of questions ahead and perhaps some heady days in front of us, as well, see if this thing can actually be brought to a close. ambassador, that's her being with us, appreciate it. >> sandra: thank you, ambassador. >> the gravy train for a lot of these folks has been on biscuit wheels, and it is about to run off the debt gum tracks. >> donald trump and elon musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling the federal government. >> you think about what happened in the pandemic, $1 trillion was stolen. 70% of that money and overseas. >> he said there in the oval office yesterday and he admitted that he wasn't lying and using his propaganda machine to do it. >> elon musk is se

pitch for ideas in advance of big set pieces. being floated, which were at the extreme deal for ukraine with russia states and ukraine all involved. so that's why we're going to turn to our expert witness, friend of the podcast, james waterhouse. so, james, you've been the ukraine correspondent now there for quite some time through the whole of this conflict, so you really know this in and out. what do we know about the hints and nudges how seriously are people taking it? the best barometer here is the people you is the people you speak to president zelenskyy himself. and on the latter, it's the first time we've seen him embrace the fact that american therefore western help a transactional one. where he sat there with a big map pointing out all of his country's natural resources, critical minerals and he is saying to america, to donald trump, "look, yyou can have a slice of this as long a slice of this as long as you keep helping us out militarily." so we are seeing president zelensky, engage in the deal. zelensky engage in the deal. he's also saying that the next few weeks are it's the first time

russia put a red line in the sand and said nodding ukraine. ey put up with it in poland and the baltic states. host: you are not saying that russia was justified in invading ukraine? caller: absolutely they were. what will we had done if russia put -- china had put in -- tried to move new mexico and been on our border and make mexico part of some alliance? host: a defensive alliance, which is what nato is? caller: yeah. where they defensive when they bombed yugoslavia? host: all right. tulsi gabbard was sworn in yesterday as the director of national intelligence. i want to share with you what mitch mcconnell said on why he voted no. he said, "the nation should not haveo worry that the intelligence assessments the president receives are tainted by a director of nl alarming lapses in judgment.of edwa snowden's treasonous portrayal -- betrayal of the united states and its activities endangered sources, methods, and lives. japan is among america's closest treaty allies and the risk of conflict in the region is t product of chinese aggression, not w

we want to stop the ukraine russia war and i want to stop this because i hate to see all these youngd that president trump isn't saying term last time he was under investigation for ties to going strong. americans voted for or his supporters. think this will happen and this is not seen as a serious play by middle eastern countries that don't want to take 2 million palestinian refugees. middle east but friends and neighbours too, it seems. let's play it first. it. so what's the thought process here? and he keeps extending the million a year he's talking about the trade deficit where $200 billion a year, that's a simplistic view of things. but the canadian prime minister has want to offend trump by saying but i think that trump, if his economists in his ear are war with canada and listen to them. what i do during the day is i don't look at saying. actions on what he's pontificating about taking over gaza or canada or greenland, i and in the last hour, russian state media has state news agency that russia has not received any quote �*satisfactory proposals to start negotiations'. china

when a russia invaded a crimea. >> the small. >> portion of ukraine, of course, they were expelled from that. >> but the president. >> is calling. >> for russia. >> to be readmitted. and that certainly. will be met. with objection from. >> most, if not all. >> other. >> member nations. but many topics here. >> uh. >> discussed and then the. >> two leaders are scheduled. >> to have dinner. >> after this news conference. >> wolf, an important relationship between the united states and india, to be sure. jeff zeleny, stand by. i want to bring in cnn fact checker daniel dale right now. so, daniel, what stood out to you from the news conference that we just heard, at least so far. >> wolf, i heard three false claims that we fact checked over and over for months, if not years. first of all, the president repeated a claim that he also made earlier today. he said that the u.s. is in for as in providing aid to ukraine for 200 billion more than europe collectively has. in fact, he has that reversed. so according to the kiel institute, a german think tank that closely follows the aid situation, it