Has The West Forgotten About Ukraine?
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. And despite President Donald Trump's promise to end the conflict on his first day back in office, the two countries are still at war. So far, over 300,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war, compared to roughly 150,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The fighting is brutal, and it seems to keep… going. So how can both sides end this conflict – and what will the U.S. do to help (or hurt) the peace process? To find out, we spoke with Lucian Kim. He's a senior Ukraine analyst for the International Crisis Group. When we spoke, he had just returned from an 11-day trip to Ukraine.
And in headlines, Trump holds off on striking Iran, a data analytics firm unveils just how much several Polymarket accounts have made betting almost exclusively on U.S. military operations, and Trump's approval rating continues to dip.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 19th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waday today. |
| 0:07.0 | The show that totally agrees with Vice President J.D. Vance. |
| 0:11.0 | Here he is speaking in Kansas City on Monday. |
| 0:13.0 | If you want to rebuild the American dream for the next generation, |
| 0:17.0 | vote against the crazy leadership in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:22.2 | Co-sign, Mr. Vice President. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, President Donald Trump's approval rating is down in the dumps. |
| 0:34.6 | And we get new insight on anonymous betters profiting from war. |
| 0:38.2 | But let's start with Russia's war in Ukraine. |
| 0:40.3 | When he was on the campaign trail, Trump said he'd end the conflict on day one back in office, |
| 0:44.9 | which didn't happen. |
| 0:47.1 | But hope spring is eternal for Trump, I guess. |
| 0:49.9 | Remember back in March of this year, after the start of Trump's war in Iran, |
| 0:53.5 | when the president told reporters that Russia's war in Ukraine was, quote, very high on his priority list? |
| 0:58.9 | I thought this was going to be much easier than it is. |
| 1:01.9 | It's a very, this tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky, tremendous |
| 1:08.5 | hatred. |
| 1:09.1 | I've seen a lot of hatred in my life, but I think this is about top scale. |
| 1:14.7 | I believe it's going to happen. |
| 1:17.0 | No such luck. |
| 1:19.1 | Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 22. |
| 1:22.6 | In a speech given that same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the, quote, |
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