well, anthony, the one thing we know didn't change is president zelinski is position and his tenacity on just hammering nato leaders to provide him with these weapons. we saw this happen with tanks, as you'll remember that he was told he would never get them to be sold. he would never get f sixteens, another fighter jets of that caliber. and here they are being ready to be dispatched. so i think that it's just one more example of how it zalinski goes into meetings with these leaders. he's made a big effort to meet them in person. as you've seen, he's just traveling to sweden, denmark, and now the metal is and he explains to them what is the difference that would make on the ground. and i've been told that in these meetings, he's very calm. he's very deliberate. he comes with backseat, doesn't get emotional and they call the zalinski effect. he walks out and mines are changed and we've just seen that happen again. very do we take from this that escalation, that weird we had so much about in the war is no longer an issue for nice to have countries that or it still is an issue. and with

and christine, this reminds me of, of when we were in vilnius and president zelinski was criticized by allies for seeming not to be grateful enough for all the weapons that they were sending him. so he clearly is, is taking care to make sure that everyone in these countries who are sending weapons to ukraine understand how much he appreciates them. now of course, this is a big a big day now in denmark, with them just deciding to send the 16th. this is something he's been asking for and was told earlier, he wouldn't be getting. so i think certainly the president is feeling pretty good now is, is based a danish parliamentarians. good is he might be feeling terry. even once to denmark, any of the lens have agreed to give these, they have succeed, says they've done. it's going to take a long time for them to arrive. so will they really make a difference for ukraine in this country offensive? this is true, these are are not the newest planes they need to be refitted a bit and, and ukrainian pilots need to be trained to fly them. they've never had a fighter just have this caliber before. so

so are we witnessing zelinski is red lines shifting in a way may be yes and he's red line. so shifting, especially given the developments of the global developments and the possible bathing support for ukraine, nice things to ask is red lines have definitely shifted, at least in his rhetoric. however, would have to be able to separate the informational sphere and political statements from the really reality on the ground and from the capabilities that you praying on forces have now. so we might be talking about years as military analysts, marina moran from kings college in london. thank you. always great speaking to you . thank you for having me. meanwhile, the united nations is warning that withdrawing peacekeeping troops from malia will be dangerous because of poor security conditions there. the hotel, which runs molly, has ordered the peacekeepers to leave by the end of the year. it's fear that hundreds of local staff was a part of the un mission will then be in danger. already militants claim to have killed one man who worked for the german army in the country. as the d

going to a nato summit in july, ukraine president vada mayor zelinski say in his thanks to be u.s. and the support given so far. >> thank you so much for this help. we really counted on it. you gave us huge support. i will think all americans for the 3 billion for today, it is big support and i understand that this is not all of your money, but you have to know that you spend this money not for just fighting, you spend this money for our lives. i think that we save the lives for europe and for all of the world. host: president volodymyr zelenskyy at the nato summit last month. our question for you on washington journal deals with u.s. support for ukraine. is it too much? the line to use is (202) 748-8000. if you think it is not enough, you call (202) 748-8001. and if you think it is the right amount you can call (202) 748-8002. we welcome your comments by twitter and also text at --text us at (202) 748-8003. broadly the numbers we talked about $60 billion since the start of the russia ukraine war 43 billion of that in military aid. the washington post pointing out looking at the nu

what does that say about zelinski as well? you know, i think the situation, the picture that you can't is worse and indeed, but the situation, the real situation is actually worse for a couple reasons. zaleski is simply the dummy to the british and washington ventriloquists. he is a comedian, uh but what is issues from his mouth is scripted elsewhere. in addition to the countries that you mentioned that he visited, perhaps the most important of all was his trip to london. where he was receiving the vice prime minister sooner was it what we call a process of latin america. horses and shakes. yeah. they were just total betsy's and he told the sooner, but the reason he was there was to establish a finder, jet coalition. now what happened is 2 days later, the united states finally did agree that they would allow f sixteens to be sent and they would be involved in training pilots. and every single step of the way it has been the british followed by the united states, which are left away exactly where mr. zalinski is gone. the probl

the americans have profit taken from this and very encouraging zelinski in this regard. therefore, there is no unity between europeans ends, the landscape in terms of continuing the war. and if the americans want to, they will signal to zalinski and he will sit down for negotiations. okay, no pay, that will be no um supplies, so that will be the will, the why would americans want to signal this is a landscape put them a stone, you probably won't because they will understand that ukraine will not when it will lose. and if you create lose is ultimately well then the west will be frosted. they . busy they will need to give the signal sit down at the negotiating table at the right moment. echo was ready to intervene militarily in new chair. if diplomacy, say that was a rather blunt statement from the block of west africa nations following a meeting over the group in gonna 24 hours ago in everything as say the vision forces of west africa, both the military on disability and when it's ready to us up to the portal of beauty. your videos, i think the most a good time on time bi

they send the signals to president zelinski zalinski resist, because the main patron behind him is the united states. so europe is already slowly starting to drift. public opinion in leading european countries is very bad in relation to this war. or more people are speaking out of gain states because they feel the home of this and they want it's, the americans have profit taken from this and very encouraging zelinski in this regard. therefore, there is no unity between europeans and zalinski in terms of continuing the war. and if the americans want to, they will signal to zalinski and he will sit down for negotiations. okay. nope. be that will be no um supplies, so that will be the will. the cotton, why will the americans want to signal to the landscape? put them with stone, you probably won't, because they will understand that ukraine will not when it will lose. and if you create, lose is ultimately well, then the west will be frosted. they. busy they will need to give the signal sit down at the negotiating table at the right moment. echo was ready to intervene militarily in new chair

the americans have profit taken from this and very encouraging zelinski in this regard. therefore, there is no unity between europeans ends, the landscape in terms of continuing the war. and if the americans want to, they will signal to zalinski and he will sit down for negotiations. okay, no pay that will be no um supplies. so that will be, that will determine that and why would americans want to signal this is a landscape put them a stone, you probably won't because they will understand that ukraine will not when it will lose. and if you create lose is ultimately well then the west will be flushed that they. busy they will need to give the signal sit down at the negotiating table at the right moment. let's delve further into the story know with former us marine corps intelligence officers. scott richard scott, you're very welcome. several american officials, including as we just heard there a divide to crane support, a republican congressman of the hardest. they're coming out, they're calling the conflict. no, essentially on winnable for t is what this the change and r

so it baffled me when even zelinski himself said, or i, if we don't get nato membership, at least we'll get some reassurance is from the g 7. but we know that everything's been a big fight and nothing but really in regards to that, all the security guarantees, it doesn't matter how you want to describe it. all these countries committing to the proxy war. and again, i'll refer back to ben wallace saying that we don't want to import war into the lions, and you have the same people of engaging in this proxy. will they just the ones that directly at them, so that happy to attack rusher and facilitate the death of russian soldiers, but they don't want to risk their own, their own soldiers and people this g 7, an honest and is probably again, whether just gonna line up take photographs and pass each other on the back and lots about how they will invested in the right arms manufacturers. and that's, that's the economic side as far as i can tell. well it absolutely. yeah. also, well, yeah, let's talk about the issue of cluster bombs. i mean, again, rules based order and all of this nonsense the

and they're encouraging zelinski in this regard. therefore, there is no unity between europeans and zalinski in terms of continuing the war. and if the americans want to, they will signal to zalinski and he will sit down for negotiations. okay, nope. be that will be no um supplies, so that will be the will of the terminal. and why will the americans want to signal to the landscape, put them to a new appointment because they will understand that ukraine will not when it will lose. and if you crate lose is ultimately well then the west will be flushed that they feel. busy they will need to give the signal sit down at the negotiating table at the right moment. a lawyer we spoke to word correspondent, i'm veteran russell bentley, who previously forth on the side of the den. yes, get people's republic. the american believes up despite the west, broad criticism of the russian latree, the latter's troops of his founders, defensive lines that are proven impenetrable by the nature of equip ukrainian forces. russia, in fact, was criticized at

so it baffled me when even zelinski himself said, or i, if we don't get nato membership, at least we will get some reassurance is from the g 7. but we know that everything's been a big fight and nothing, but really in regards to that school, the security guarantees it doesn't matter how you want to describe it. well, these countries committing to the proxy war. and again, i'll refer back to ben wallace saying that we don't want to import war into the lions, and you have the same people of engaging in this property. well, they just the ones that directly at them, so they're happy to attack rusher and facilitate the death of russian soldiers, but they don't want to risk their own, their own soldiers and people. this the g 7 nonsense is probably again, whether just gonna line up take photographs and pass each other on the back and lots about how they've all invested in the right arms manufacturers. and that's it . that's the economic side. as far as i can tell. well, it absolutely, yeah. also it will. yeah. and let's talk about the issue of cluster bombs. i mean, again, rules based orde

terry schultz explains it's true and remember that president zelinski was told he would never get these fighter jets just like he was told he wouldn't be getting leopard tanks. and the zalinski effect has worked once again, and it turns out he will be getting some f sixteens, even if they're a bit old and need some refurbishing. so there are several reasons why it took so long. one of them is, of course, political reluctance. so you know that the countries are still worried about, about how it appears to be supplying such high calibre weapons to ukraine in, in addition, the netherlands and denmark had to ask the united states for permission to re export f sixteens because the us makes them and that just came in the last couple of days, but there are also logistical reasons and, and some of those are that there, they weren't pilots who are yet trained to fly them. and so that training is now underway for the last couple of months. they need to have the facilities available in ukraine to a to how's the 16th they need to be able to repair them. and so there are several reasons why, but of

give salvation mikhail novitsky dmitry zelinsky viktoroverin channel one in astrakhan, boats were madeal operation fighters, the first batch has already been transferred to the front line of ships 7 m long . moisture-resistant paint is exactly what our servicemen need to carry out combat missions. representatives of the ministry of defense personally handed over the boats and motors to the governor of the region igor babushkin. he noted that the next batch is already being prepared. we repeatedly received requests from our servicemen who are in the zone of a special military operation about the representative of the ministry of defense about the possibility of providing small boats. e to engage a special military operation. we, uh, turned to our fishermen to those who, but have, uh, such means and uh, they came out with the initiative to make new boats, not old ones. right now, the first batch is ready, and we are ready to send it to the special military operation zone, where it is today, but it is vital. the food security of russia was discussed today at a meeting in the government at

most from what he said, claire, i think just the rock star reception that was given to president zelinski was striking in itself. there were thousands of people in that square cheering his every word earlier, he was given an extended standing ovation in the danish parliament even before he gave his speech. so this must be very reassuring for zalinski as we see the numbers on support for new crane flagging in other countries, including germany, including the united states, the biggest contributor to ukraine. so i think that this must feel really good to him as he stands there and talks about solidarity and reminding europe that if you crane doesn't win this war, that it's their own fate. that's at stake. ukraine finally, getting the 6 teams has been asking for. but why did the decision to send them to ukraine? take so long. so there are a lot of factors that made this decisions take so long. of course you crane would have one of these jets yesterday and they were told that they would never get them as we've seen happen with other weapon systems, including the advanced tanks like the leopar

prior to this weekend i think that was one of you was driven by this view of ÃÃif the zelinski governmentit try to reestablish the pre-2014 boundaries of ukraine that can be a condition unto which putin would consider the use of a tactical nuclear weapon as a shock to the system saying western government you need to get control over zelinski and bring this conflict to an end. the biden administration he said we are not going to slice the salami, nuclear use is nuclear use and even though low yield weapon the deterrent marker that you put in russia escalation was they needed to care with ukrainian war objectives because if they went for the return to status quo antebellum back to 2014 that could trigger russian, putin's nuclear use. since the weekend went face is x essential threat take made some type of a compromise to ameliorate the situation. he didn't immediately escalate that assessment that has led to calls for the west to be all in on ukraine's maximalist geographic aspirations. one version of this is that if ukraine goes for it they could trigger escalation the other is that putin

defense. denmark, it has 19 and i've seen differing reports including someone coming from president zelinski about how many will be coming from these 2 countries. so we don't know exactly how many we do know that they have to wait until the pilots are well trained until they can repair the adjust until they've got the facilities on the ground to manage the just and those things are underway. ukrainian pilots are being trained right now. these 2 countries, denmark in the netherlands, are also asking other countries to join this coalition. we know that sweden is looking at perhaps providing some griffin fighter just so you will see more countries come into this coalition, which they sometimes called and burned coalition here at nato headquarters. and that's exactly what president zalinski is hoping for. anthony. they definitely correspond terry schultz in brussels. thank you so much for voters in ecuador heading to the polls in the presidential election, overshadowed by the assassination of one of the candidates. the army is providing security for people, costing the balance and of, of a cynth

it changes its mind, not zelinski. and so it shows that they are willing to upgrade the level, the caliber of weapons, that they are willing to give you free. and so for presidents a wednesday, he really has no choice but to keep asking for higher and higher grade grade weapons. and it does mean also that his buyers that his uh pilots are getting trained on a 16 that's already underway. so it is an important step for ukraine, definitely. and all that points, terry is escalation in the world, no longer an issue for nato countries. then it is still an issue, and this is, as we mentioned, one of the reasons why they have been really reluctant to give some types of weapons. because moscow always says this shows that nato's waging war against russia. and of course, that that's not the case, but i think what we've seen just in these past months, including, even just in recent days, rushes relentless assault, not just on ukraine's military, but on the countries infrastructure. and particularly audit civilians just continuousl

and zhenya zelinsky thought of everything, because they were very worried about the life and health of children. they were dressed in the clothes that correspond to those war times. they took the sacks there, some attempts , what there might have been . well , everyone knew that these guys were not theirs, not their villages. well, after all no one could tell, eh the germans did not know this. arriving in the village they walked around the garden and climbed in. they fought as if for apples. they walked freely around the village for about three hours, taking notes. everything you saw. the boys managed to find out how much equipment, where it is, where exactly the headquarters is located, how many soldiers they saw, but what they could see, uh, the smart ones were very smart guys, they remembered a lot and returned to the detachment. in the morning , an armored train approached almost silently along the railway at the same time a partisan detachment on motor vehicles approached the village from the other side, and when the armored train opened fire on the school building, where the head

zelinsky or is it putin? it's not only zelensky, it's the ukrainian people who in almost uni so have said that that is it putin? it's not only zelensky, it's the ukrainian is not this so called land versus peace proposal. that is it putin? it's not only zelensky, it's the ukrainian that is out of question because it's not territories, it's people living, they are on these territories and having suffered human rights violations and atrocities since 2014. and it's not peace either because there is no concept what to do with russia. i mean, russia is not changing. putin is peace either because there is no concept what to do not reconsidering his approach at all. his words stand that he sees europe in 1997 terms and it's a threat to european security, what he is continuously doing and to he sees europe in 1997 terms and it's a threat global security because it has also an after effect if we accept that subjective, that out of order moving of borders. so i do not think that that is something that i am sure that is

i know that nastya lived with her parents in mariupol on zelinsky street. when the war started, the family was in no hurry to leave their hometown. this was told to me by nastya's aunt, who is also the godmother of the girl who also lived in mariupol. not far from my niece's house, well, i was visiting them on march 8. i saw them for the last time, and my father went to see him on march 10. on march 11, they went to theirs. well, to her parents, well, to her husband. they also lived nearby, and in on the night of march 12, the district where the tolstokor family lived began to be shelled en masse, and at about 4 a.m. one of the shells hit the apartment building where nastya lived with her parents. there was an arrival, then there was chaos, people were running who where, ms. nina told me that after the shelling, she personally came to the house where her sister lived with her husband and nastya , the high-rise building was partially destroyed and burned, everyone around was hustling in panic, but i never found my relatives anywhere, and in fact, since then,

so dimmer, zelinski, this is not fair. i'm sitting here waiting for you and back moved. while you're busy wagging her tail in the u. s. just like you, i am a patriot of my country, and i haven't gone anywhere since february. well, now i'm rushing to the us tell joseph biden to meet me when cnn asked whether wagner is responsible for letter bombs delivered to you, creating an embassies around the world. this was the response. think about the madness when some of hooligans send letter bombs or other offensive things. what does that have to do with p mc? wagner? wagner acts honestly, fairly and openly. it never engages in stupid antics. that is not our style. but if all the european army is decide to move in a particular direction and they are met and their spine is broken, then send those orthopedic claims to pmc wagner. and this is what do you have to say when reuters asked for comments on the white house declaring wagner a transnational criminal organization. finally, pmc wagner and the americans, our colleagues, our relationship can now be described as a dispute between

oh, usually zelinski is a products of langley virginia and the military industrial complex in the united states. so perhaps you did have the right to be at the g 7, and he is emblematic and what the g 7 are infamous for. for most of humanity that is staffed and sanctioned stoughton sanctions. because obviously we know that they freeze people's money and threatened to give it to the landscape. that's what they have been saying. they've frozen russian. let me g 7 countries have stolen money from venezuela. and of course, it's the g 7 countries that a sanctioning desperately sanctioning economies trading with russia, with venezuela, with i mean, how many sanctions does the do g 7 countries have against other countries in the world trying to target that population so that the children go and go to school and get textbooks and use jewel use graphite pencils and the like. so the lensky arguably shouldn't be there. the sympathizes clearly with his forces on the ground . i like to neo nazis in ukraine. and so therefore, he is the most g 7 values and the fift and mud and sanctions. the v 7 is kno

i know that nastya lived with her parents in mariupol on zelinsky street.the war began, the family was in no hurry to leave their hometown. said aunt nastya, she is also a godmother who also lived in mariupol not far from her niece, we had not been in touch by e-e since march 2, that's exactly why we went home to visit them on march 8, i saw them the last time, and his father went to his house on march 11. on march 11, they went to their parents . well, to her husband. they also lived nearby, and on the night of march 12, the district where the tolstokorov family lived began to be shelled en masse, and at about 4 o'clock in the morning one of the old men hit in the high-rise building where nastya lived with her parents, we know that at 11 they did not go anywhere, the neighbors saw them and that was it . and on march 12, when the flight arrived, there was chaos, people were running who where, ms. nina told me that after the shelling, she personally came to the house where she lived the sister with her husband and nastya, the high-rise building was partially

that was a huge crowd and they are rusted in a fog over and over really giving zelinski a rock, a rock star reception, which was exactly what he hoped for. because his speech was largely about solidarity and trying to keep the dean with ukraine. they have been very big donors, as you mentioned, they were among the 1st countries together with another lives to decide to send a success teams to ukraine. so his speech was about how we're all in this together . and reminding denmark that if the russia were to win this war, europe space is at stake as well. yeah. now that announcement that ukraine will finally get the f. 16 fighter drugs that have been asking for for months, has met with somewhat mixed emotions in ukraine itself. there's happiness, obviously, that they're getting this upgrade to their air defenses, but also a bit of disappointment that this isn't happening faster. why did this decision takes a long as well as the beginning. remember that they were told they weren't be going to be getting fighter jets at all. so we've seen this trajectory happen before, like with tanks, that