This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Bacher.

Bill Rajos, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, joins me as my colleague and co-host.

We're going to Ukraine, and we welcome John Hardy of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

to comment on the headlines out of London about Ukraine in these last frantic days

all eyes on Syria but in the meantime headlines the fall of Assad is a disaster for Putin

writes London rebel success in Syria is a humiliation for Putin writes London and then this

Zelensky endorses Trump

call to end war in Ukraine. This headline comes out of a meeting that is called a spontaneous

summit, not only by President-elect Trump in Paris to participate in the rededication of the Notre Dame,

but President Zelensky of Ukraine was present, and the three met in a spontaneous special summit.

And in that time, Mr. Zelensky said, yes, I'm ready to end the war as you are.

It was a surprising development coming out of days of hectic headlines about Syria. And then we have

this in these last hours. Zelensky says 400,000 Ukrainian troops killed or injured in war.

The London Telegraph interpretation of this number suddenly. Casidy figures released after Trump

publishes data as evidence of reason why war must end. Mr. Hardy, a very good day to you.

This looks like the presidents have made a

decision, but it's hard to say. There's some vague language here about what ending the war

looks like. Your measure of these remarks out of Paris and what does the war look like now,

does it appear that

Keefe is taking a position where it's ready to negotiate? Good evening to you, John.

Thanks, John. Thanks, Bill. Thanks for having me back on the show. Yeah, so, you know, Trump obviously

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