Ukraine’s Seat at Trump-Putin Summit

Watch Ukraine’s Seat at Trump-Putin Summit - AlArabiya English on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00So I feel like a lot has been happening ahead of this summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir

00:06Putin. Things are really heating up, Michael. There's undoubtedly about that. But the big

00:12question still is how important is it for Ukraine to have a seat at the table in discussions about

00:20its future? Because now we know that's not going to happen. So I think you can sum it up in one

00:26sentence. Without Ukraine at the table, there is no end to the war. You know, NATO's treaty, Article

00:345, talks about, I think it's one that we've heard so many times over the last three and a half years,

00:38attack on one is attack on all. And for EU member states, for the 26 that urged Donald Trump to make

00:46sure that President Zelensky was part of this, they are dealing with an existential threat that

00:55could become a real threat. Because you have to remember that Russia has an 800-mile border with

01:01Finland and 140-mile border with Poland. And what if Vladimir Putin decides that he wants a little bit

01:08more beyond Ukraine? And the EU recognizes that it was only 80 years ago, you know, when the Second

01:16World War came to an end. And they want to make sure that nothing like that happens again. And they

01:22are, this is in their backyard. They have something that is 100% tangible for them, where Donald Trump

01:31seems to act as though it's maybe not one of the most pressing issues on his plate.