00:00We will also see how other leaders also will slowly start coming into this
00:03because the entire Europe at the moment is jittery.
00:06They do not know which side this conversation will go now.
00:09But one thing is very clear.
00:11Now, individually, both these leaders, Vladimir Putin has told Donald Trump
00:15that all that he wants is to make sure that there is peace.
00:18Zelensky also, you know, taking the same route, speaking on the same lines
00:22and saying that at this moment, the need of the hour is that
00:24they all can sit together and have a conversation.
00:27To our later format is very suitable.
00:30This is what Zelensky has said.
00:39Can you help me, President?
00:41Actually, if you see the statement by President Zelensky,
00:46he clearly is trying to involve the European leaders into this thing
00:50because, you know, definitely, Europe, Eastern European nations like Poland,
00:54like Hungary and other countries have their own concerns
00:58as far as the Russia-Ukraine conflict is concerned
01:02and any possible ceasefire deal is concerned.
01:04Germany, Italy, France, UK, they have also expressed their concerns.
01:09And that's why they also reached out to U.S. President Donald Trump.
01:14Even prior to this Alaska summit, there was a virtual call.
01:17President Zelensky and German Chancellor, Cedric Merz, had a virtual call.
01:23And also, they addressed a joint presser in which they expressed,
01:28they hoped that, you know, after meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump
01:34and Russian counterparts, there could be a solution.
01:38But the concerns of Ukraine and also the concerns of Europe
01:43need to be, you know, taken into account.
01:46So we have to see what exactly can be worked out
01:49because both the leaders, Putin and President Trump,
01:53also indicated that possibly there could be a land swap.
01:57Now, we have to see that what President Zelensky or Ukraine would want to agree
02:03or could agree on any, you know, land deal or any land swap
02:09or any concession on land
02:11because currently, almost 20% of the Ukrainian land is in a position of Russia.
02:17And more so, in the last one and a half months,
02:19Aishwarya, you see that the kind of advancement made by the Russian forces on the ground,
02:23even while these talks in Alaska were going on,
02:26there was intense fighting in Russia-Ukraine front was going on.
02:31So we have to see that how that formula can be worked out.
02:34And meanwhile, will that fight...
02:36Brother, please stay on with me.
02:37The foreign affairs expert, Robend Sachteva, is also now joining me on the broadcast.
02:42Mr. Sachteva, this is something which is very, very important now,
02:45not just for U.S., for Russia and for Ukraine, but for the entire world.
02:50Everyone is jittery because the talks can go either ways at this moment.
03:00The most benefited one is Russia, no doubt.
03:08And I would say that India stands also to benefit from the outcome of these talks.
03:13If it had not spawned down the plane in a disaster,
03:18then America would have imposed heavier tariffs and sanctions on Russia,
03:22which would have meant even more tariffs on India.
03:26Right.
03:27So the talks went on.
03:30If it's India, one.
03:32We'll try and reconnect with Robend Sachteva, who's a foreign affairs expert.
03:45What we are seeing now at the moment,
03:47a little bit of a recap of what we have seen happen in the past 24 hours.
03:52That very crucial meeting that took place between Vladimir Putin
03:55and the U.S. President Donald Trump.
03:57The visuals that you can see on your screens.
03:59Now, this was a very warm meeting that took place in Alaska.
04:03On the other side, we did see how Zelensky was reprimanded
04:07by the U.S. President Donald Trump when he was in Washington on the 1st of March.
04:12He was trying to explain his point of view.
04:14The U.S. said that you are in no position.
04:16U.S. President Donald Trump back then had said that you are in no position
04:20to ask the world to give you support,
04:23especially to ask the United States of America.
04:25On the contrary, today's meeting with Vladimir Putin was a very cordial one.
04:30We did see how both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were praising each other.
04:35In fact, Putin went a step ahead and said that had Donald Trump been the President
04:39of the United States of America in 2022, that's when the war began,
04:43then this war would never have begun.
04:46Zelensky has agreed to meet Donald Trump.
04:48This meeting will take place in Washington on Monday.
04:51After that, the other European partners will also be involved in this conversation.
04:56U.S. President Donald Trump over telephone has had conversations
04:59with the chairperson of the European Union and with Zelensky.
05:03He had an hour and a half long conversation.
05:06In that conversation, an invitation was extended to Zelensky.
05:10He has accepted that invitation.
05:12And now on Monday, we will see this very crucial meeting taking place in Washington, D.C.
05:16This is the latest news which is coming in at the moment.
05:25After meeting Putin for almost three hours in Alaska,
05:28now we understand that the other meeting that will take place,
05:32the other crucial meeting will take place on Monday
05:34between the U.S. President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President Zelensky.
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