I'm John Batchel. I welcome Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

He keeps the Longware Journal. And filing at the FD.org site, as well as the Longwear Journal,

we welcome our colleague of FD, John Hardy, to report on the Ukraine War, which I note is not now part of the discussion in Europe these last hours.

The headlines from the F.T.

remade in midday, London. Germany and UK refused to be drawn into wider war. Also,

subhead, Japan and France dismiss prospect of sending vessels to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

The remark earlier in the day from the F.T.

Trump warns NATO faces, quote, very bad future, end quote,

if allies fail to help U.S. in Iran.

I believe the answer is now clear.

They are going to refuse the wider war.

However, there is the crisis, the tragedy ongoing of Ukraine.

So we welcome John Hardy to comment on this FTT story in these last hours.

The U.S.-led peace process in Ukraine is fizzling out because Donald Trump is losing interest in the talks and his war against Iran

is easing pressure on Russia. Officials say, the conflict in the Middle East has diverted Washington's

attention from a peace deal, according to four EU diplomats involved in talks with Ukraine.

At the same time, the diplomat said it was benefiting Russia through higher

oil prices, a suspension of U.S. sanctions, and rapid depletion of American munitions.

According to Keefe, those are needed in Keefe, not in Strait of Hormuz.

John, a very good evening to you. This looks all shattering and confusing,

not only from Keith's point of view, but from my point of view here in the East Coast of the U.S.

How do you read this, John? Good evening to you.

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