00:00I think they're getting close. A lot of people are being killed. We've got to get it done.
00:15Just hours ago at Davos, U.S. President Donald Trump made a bold claim
00:21that the Russia-Ukraine war, now nearing its fourth year, could end very soon.
00:26We'll be discussing it. We're meeting with President Putin today or tomorrow.
00:31And some people are going over. And I think they're getting close. A lot of people are being killed.
00:37We've got to get it done. If we don't get that done, it would be...
00:41Calling it the worst conflict since World War II, Trump said the talks are making a lot of progress
00:49and that a deal is reasonably close. But how close is close, really?
00:55Let's break it down. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21st,
01:01Trump described the war as horrible, pointing to the massive loss of life on both sides.
01:07He said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are now
01:13at a point where they can come together and get a deal done. And he warned, failing to do so would
01:19be stupid. Davos has suddenly become more than just a business summit. It is now a diplomatic
01:25battleground. Trump used this stage to push his new Board of Peace, an international body aimed at
01:32ending global conflicts. And Ukraine is its biggest test case. On January 22nd, Trump met Zelenskyy face to
01:40face. At the same time, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner headed to Moscow to speak directly with Putin.
01:48Witkoff claimed the negotiations are now down to one issue, likely territory. That one issue is everything.
01:58Putin's response, however, has been mixed. The Kremlin praised Trump's peacemaking efforts but stopped short of backing any deal.
02:05Moscow is still demanding recognition of occupied territories, no NATO troops in Ukraine, and long-term
02:13limits on Ukraine's military. In other words, Russia's core demands have not changed. So is Trump really
02:20close to ending the war or is this political optimism? Trump has applied pressure on both sides, pushing
02:27Kyiv to be flexible and warning Moscow with sanctions and asset seizures. Zelenskyy says a U.S. peace plan is
02:3590 percent ready, but the final 10 percent involves Donbass, Crimea, and security guarantees. Those are the
02:43hardest parts. For Ukraine, peace may come at a high cost, potentially losing up to 20 percent of its
02:50territory, no NATO membership, limits on its army, and painful compromises on sovereignty. Experts warn a
02:58land-for-peace deal could freeze the war, not end it. So where does that leave us? Close in words, close in
03:06diplomacy, but still far in reality. The world is watching Davos because what happens here could decide
03:13not just Ukraine's future but whether territorial conquest becomes normal again. And that is the real
03:20stakes of this moment.
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