264. The Aid Cut and the Letter: Ukraine's Response to US Pressure

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a whirlwind 24 hours, the geopolitical landscape has shifted dramatically. Join Saul David and Patrick Bishop on this episode of Battleground as they dissect the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict. A crucial letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to US President Donald Trump has signalled a potential thawing of tensions, but US aid remains halted and includes the stopping of crucial intelligence sharing. Plus, we analyse the European Union's response, with Ursula von der Leyen's ambitious €800 billion plan to bolster European defence capabilities. We are also joined by regular contributor, journalist Askold Khruselnycky, who to provides us with on-the-ground insights and analysis. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson X: @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.5	With events moving at a bewildering pace, the latest from the political front is that the Cold War
0:52.5	between erstwhile allies Ukraine
0:54.6	and the US seems to be thawing a little. Last night, just 24 hours after US President Donald
1:00.7	Trump had ordered this suspension of all military aid to Ukraine, he told the joint session
1:05.8	of Congress that he had received a letter from Volodymyr Zelensky in which the Ukrainian
1:10.4	sign he was
1:11.7	ready to sign a rare earth minerals deal. Yeah, well, we'd be discussing all this and what it might
1:17.0	mean for Ukraine with our regular contributor, the American Ukrainian journalist Askoog Crucialnitsky,
1:23.3	in a moment. But first, it's safe to say it was an extraordinary piece of political theatre,
1:29.4	wasn't it, so all, as Trump read out extracts from Slensky's letter to Congress. Now, I'll
1:35.7	give you some of the highlights at a moment, but it's this dizzying, isn't it? It's like
1:40.0	seesaw rocks back and forth, you never know where you are. It was all doom and gloom 24 hours ago, 36 hours ago. Now there's a chink of light again on the horizon. Your optimism, your fabled optimism, saw, has been rewarded. Anyway, so here are some of the things that Trump said. Ukraine's ready to come to negotiate.
2:01.3	He takes as soon as possible to bring peace that last.
2:04.7	This is what he's reading out from Zelensky.
2:07.3	My team and I are ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that last.
2:11.6	We really do value how much America has done to help Ukraine, maintain its sovereignty and independence regarding the
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