This is GPS, the global public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and

around the world. I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live.

On today's show, the man of the moment, Volodymyr Zelensky. I will ask the Ukrainian

President how his country is defending itself from the Russian invasion and what he needs

from Western powers to keep up the fight. We'll discuss the end game of this tragic conflict

is compromised possible with Putin. A man President Biden has termed a war criminal. I will

ask about the personal toll that this is taking on him, his family and his country.

Let's get started on this special edition of GPS.

It has been nearly a month since Russia invaded Ukraine and the Institute for the Study

of War put out an assessment yesterday that said, Ukrainian forces have defeated Russia's

initial campaign in the war. The think tank declared that the fighting is now a stalemate.

Nonetheless, the Russian assault on military bases and some key cities has been brutal.

In the eastern city of Mariapol, many hundreds of people are believed to be buried under

a rubble of a bombed-out theater, despite the fact that children was written in huge letters

outside the venue in Russian. And on Friday, Russia raised the stakes by using a hypersonic

weapon to destroy a Ukrainian ammunition depot. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military, along

with ordinary citizens and foreign fighters, continues to put up a fierce fight against

Putin's invaders. My guess for this hour today is Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Welcome to the show. Greetings to all.

President Biden has called Vladimir Putin a war criminal. And yet, you have called for

negotiations with him. Will it be hard? Will it be painful for you to have to sit down

with Putin, were he to agree and negotiate with him?

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