Joining us now, former adviser to President Zalinski, Igor Novakov. Igor, the president literally rolled out the red carpet for Putin. He's posted criticisms of Zalinski leading up to their sitdown.What is the mood in Ukraine right now looking ahead to this afternoon and the reception that Zalinski might get. >> Well, first of all, the red carpet was a big deal for the Ukrainians. I mean, nobody's taken it well.Um, imagine rolling out the red carpet in October 2001 for Bin Laden, for example. I mean, that w ...

Geopolitical Landscape & Security Guarantees - The US is considering offering security guarantees to Ukraine, potentially resembling "NATO light," without Ukraine joining NATO [3][4] - These guarantees could involve US support for Ukraine in the event of further Russian aggression [4] - The necessity of Russian consent for these security guarantees, which the US could potentially offer unilaterally, remains unclear [5][6] Territorial Concessions & Sanctions - Ukraine insists that territorial issues should only be discussed directly between Ukrainian and Russian leaders, or in a trilateral format involving the US [8] - Ukraine will likely demand new sanctions if Russia refuses trilateral talks [8] - The US and Russia are discussing potential economic cooperation, which contrasts with the Ukrainian perspective on sanctions [9][10] - Any territorial concessions made by Ukraine are unlikely to be legally recognized by Ukraine [10] European Perspective - Europe has incurred significant costs, potentially trillions of dollars, due to sanctions and reduced natural resource flows from Russia [13] - European countries may be hesitant to ease sanctions without a concrete resolution to the crisis [14]

We have Richard Angel coming to us from Ukraine. Richard, watching the meeting between the two men, the warm handshake, um the jovial encounter, the laughing from Vladimir Putin, the let it go. How does that look from Ukraine.>> Well, Ukrainians feel very powerless at this moment. They're feeling very anxious about this meeting and uh they're not going to like what they're seeing right now because the future of this country is on the line. Uh they they talk they're potentially talking about a a ceasefire. U ...

Russia has been intensifying its assaults on Ukraine. Ukrainians say it's an obvious and callous attempt by Russia to strengthen its hand before Friday's key summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska. Today, President Trump listened to Ukraine's President Ftoir Zalinski and European allies who told him what they hope will come out of the Alaska meeting and what they hope to avoid.On the call, Zalinsky along with the leaders of France, the UK, NATO, Italy, Poland, Finland, and others said they advi ...

Vladimir Putin is heading to Friday’s planned summit with Donald Trump confident that Russia is in a dominant position on the battlefield as his military advances in Ukraine. That’s likely to strengthen his determination to secure major territorial concessions.Read more: https://t.co/PW0fD3BIJE📷: Vyacheslav Prokofiev ...

European powers and Kyiv presented a blueprint to end the war in Ukraine, after Vladimir Putin demanded major territorial concessions and President Trump said he’d meet with the Russian leader in Alaska next week https://t.co/f5V1iKqfJJ ...