00:00We've seen the U.S. be a very transactional partner.
00:05in its foreign policy approach recently
00:07and at times it's been accused of being...
00:10an outright untrustworthy partner.
00:12Can and should Ukraine rely on...
00:15the U.S. for security guarantees?
00:17Yes, absolutely, and I think that the Ukrainian leadership...
00:20recognize the need to have U.S. security guarantees...
00:25first and foremost.
00:26So the very fact that they did not go for European security guarantees...
00:30first and foremost but try to ensure that the Americans...
00:35are involved militarily, there will be a military presence, there will be a...
00:40perpetual military aid and yes, of course, it's not going to be about NATO membership...
00:44but in this case...
00:45it doesn't matter really because Ukraine will be actually...
00:50invited to join the European Union, the common market.
00:53It's already the strongest European...
00:55army on the old continent, it has already created...
01:00interoperability with the Americans...
01:02with the American defense system, so in that way...
01:05I mean, this was certainly the wisest decision on behalf of the Ukraine...
01:10and leadership to go after the security guarantees and the security guarantees are strengthening...
01:15the Ukrainian position in the negotiations...
01:17because you have to look it from both...
01:19from both...
01:20perspectives.
01:21On the one hand, the Americans have weakened the Russian...
01:25due economic position because the sanctions that they have imposed and...
01:29threats...
01:30with secondary sanctions, this is certainly working and it's decimating the revenues.
01:35from oil and gas...
01:36from oil and gas...
01:37and now that the Americans together with their allies...
01:40have decimated also key partners and allies of Russia...
01:44think of...
01:45the weakened...
01:46you know...
01:47Iranian...
01:48Iranian...
01:49support...
01:50think of...
01:51think of...
01:52also the problems that China is facing right now...
01:53think of...
01:54Venezuela...
01:55...
01:55where Russia had a very very strong position for its...
01:58shadow fleet...
01:59I mean...
02:00you...
02:00you...
02:01you...
02:02you really get the idea...
02:03the Russians are really being squeezed to...
02:04economically...
02:05and...
02:06you know...
02:07this...
02:08...
02:09you...
02:10you...
02:11you...
02:12you...
02:13you...
02:14you...
02:15you...
02:16you...
02:17you...
02:18...
02:05combination of strengthening the Ukrainian position and weakening the Russian relations.
02:10So they both come to the negotiation table.
02:12I think it's really the intersection.
02:15The intersection point that is going to result in something meaningful.
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