President Trump has vowed to end the deadliest war in Europe since World War II,

but talks between Ukraine and Russia have so far failed to offer much hope of a peace deal.

The recent escalation by both countries has further complicated the negotiations,

with Russia targeting more civilian areas while Ukraine launched a surprise drone attack that crippled Russia's

strategic bomber fleet. In this episode, we sit down with defense and security expert Ben Jensen

to discuss how the events of the last few days have changed the equation and what steps Trump

can take to end the grueling three-year war. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Sunday, June 8th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now to discuss the state of the Ukraine War and the peace talks as Ben Jensen,

director of the CSIS Futures Lab and Senior Fellow at its Defense and Security Department.

Ben, thanks so much for coming on.

Oh, no problem. I'm glad we could connect. So let's start with the news of the week. Ukraine's drone

strikes. Many are calling this Russia's Pearl Harbor that, of course, highlights how affected

this strike was, reportedly wiping out as much as a third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet,

which is really remarkable of true.

That also, though, has the connotation that this could spark an even more aggressive response from Russia,

even nuclear maybe. How significant was this strike?

So you're tapping into something. And beyond the rhetoric of Pearl Harbor,

the significance is that Russia has been firing on average 100 to 200 cruise missiles a month

at Ukrainian cities. Shockingly, it's not normally military targets. So even just at the tactical

and operational level, Ukraine in a single special operations raid was able to take out 30% roughly

of Russia's strategic air assets that deliver those munitions.

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