Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Great America podcast with Lou Dobs,

always in the fight for truth, justice, and yes, our American way of life.

And now, here he is, the Peabody Award-winning Voice of Truth, the Great Lou Dobs.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to this edition of The Great America Show.

We appreciate you being with us. A lot of developments in Ukraine, most unfortunately,

are not positive, not good for Ukraine as its people fight for their nation's survival

against the Russian Army, and Putin's missiles, rockets, bombs, and artillery.

And Putin has also now set in hundreds of paid professional mercenaries

to seek out and assassinate Ukraine President Belodomir Zelensky and his top government officials.

We'll be taking up all of this with our special guest today who has served in a broad range of

government posts with a broad range of responsibilities. Our guest is Cash Patel, a great American,

his views are always eliminating and insightful. But first, let's take a look at where we are

in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of today, the European Union is taking the lead

in the West response to Russia's attacks and Putin's decision to put Russia's nuclear weapons

forces on high alert. And the EU is leading. This is an extraordinary development, ladies and

gentlemen, because for the first time, the EU is standing heads and shoulders above the national

leaders. Boris Johnson and the other leaders have taken a back seat. Even historically,

neutral Switzerland is stepping up to help the Ukrainians fight off the invading Russians.

Russian and Ukrainian envoys did meet on the border with Belarus. Nothing was accomplished

as expected. But they did agree to continue their talks. That was not expected at all.

Some of the Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, are taking heavy punishment from Russian forces.

But Putin has to be surprised that the Ukrainians are not only holding out against the Russian

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