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The Duran Podcast

Europe struggles to keep Ukraine afloat

The Duran Podcast

The Duran

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4.5738 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Europe struggles to keep Ukraine afloat

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0:00.0

All right, Alexander, let's talk about what is going on in Russia and with Ukraine.

0:06.1

It looks like Whitkoff and Kushner are heading back to Moscow.

0:11.7

This is going to be the first trip after the alleged drone attack towards Putin's residence.

0:19.5

I wonder what that conversation is going to be like between Putin and Whitkoff.

0:25.5

A lot of people are pretty disappointed at the fact that Putin is going to actually meet with Whitkoff and Kushner.

0:36.9

It's not going to play well from an optics media viewpoint for Putin to accept

0:43.0

Whitkoff and Kushner, but I guess he has to in a way.

0:48.6

And we have Trump, actually this is interesting because we have Trump also saying to

0:53.4

Reuters that Reuters asked

0:55.6

him who's who's to blame for the delay in solving Ukraine or which leader is preventing peace.

1:01.9

That was the question from Reuters. And Trump said Zelensky. So, you know, Trump always plays

1:07.8

this game. Yes. Next week he'll be disappointed with Putin. He always plays this game. I. Next week, he'll be disappointed with Putin.

1:11.2

He always plays this game.

1:12.1

I think he said, Ellensky, in order to kind of smooth things over with Russia and with Putin.

1:17.9

And sure enough, a lot of the Russian analysts, a lot of analysts in Russia are saying,

1:25.7

okay, well, you know, this shows that

1:28.0

that Trump is finally, he's finally woken up to the fact that it's Zelensky who is causing the problems. He's going to flip-flop back and forth. He's just trying to smooth things over with Putin after the whole debacle with the drones. That's my sense of it. So anyway, your thoughts well you're absolutely correct now can I just say something a few a few

1:46.6

things about this I mean if we're talking about with the drones. That's my sense of it. So anyway, your thoughts. Well, you're absolutely

1:44.4

correct. Now, can I just say something, a few things about this? I mean, if we're talking about

1:48.5

Trump and Zelensky, in any sane worlds, the moment for a complete rupture in relations

1:58.7

between Trump and Zelensky should have come after their very

2:01.7

first meeting in February last year, the row in the Oval Office, which Zelensky provoked.

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