00:00The Kremlin says the door to a peaceful settlement is open, but at the same time insists it will keep fighting until Kiev meets its demands.
00:10So does Ukraine realistically have any choice but to make major territorial concessions?
00:16Well, you know, we have witnessed throughout more than four years that Ukrainians have demonstrated an amazing resilience, the unity of force and national unity to stand against much larger aggressor and occupier from the East coming from Kremlin, commanded by Kremlin and President Putin.
00:41And, you know, we have also seen that during those four years, Russia, I mean, advanced very, very little in comparison to what Russia has done or the Soviet Union has done during the Second World War.
00:55And we also have seen that Russia is losing its allies.
00:59I mean, you know, Sweden and Finland have joined NATO, the Stan countries from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
01:07They also, you know, kind of remotely leaving the Russian sphere of influence.
01:15And the economy of Russia is also in a very, very, very bad shape while, you know, high valued population, educated people are trying to leaving and trying to leave the country.
01:28So, Putin is in a difficult situation and that's where I think, I mean, if the West and especially the United States continue to support Ukraine and provide necessary ammunition, including the long range weapons,
01:45that may force Putin to sit to sit to the table, not just to send a head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, but also himself sitting with Zelensky and negotiating with Trump the last bits of pieces of that framework agreement.
02:02Thank you very much.
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