All right, Alexander, let's talk about the peace summit, the Saudi U.S. Ukraine, peace summit that was held in Jeddah.

That wrapped up over the weekend in Saudi Arabia.

And it's kind of a mixed bag of reporting, to be quite honest. Some Western mainstream media outlets

are saying this was a huge success. Others are saying this was okay. It was a moderate success

for Ukraine. Other outlets are saying that this was a big nothing burger, that nothing really

came out of it. I think this was a complete failure., that nothing really came out of it.

I think this was a complete failure.

And actually, we have statements now from Zelensky and Podoliak, his top advisor, saying that's pretty much saying that whatever concessions Ukraine appear to have made during

this conference, forget about it.

The only formula is Olensky's conference, forget about it. The only formula is Alenski's

piece. They call it. There's a let'ske formula is what they call it. That's the only way forward

for Ukraine. And I think this is a failure because there's one signal, there's one sign which

points to this being a complete absolute failure. And that is the fact that there was no consensus on a statement from the parties.

They couldn't come up with one unanimous statement to conclude this summit.

So what was your thoughts?

No, I think I am in complete agree with you. I think it was a failure. If I would

go further, I would say it was a debacle, actually. Now, first of all, a number of things. In the

run-up to this summit, it looked as if China and Brazil were going to stay away. China and

Brazil in the event attended, and I think the Western powers would have been

much more relieved and happy in some respects if China and Brazil had stayed away. Because

what I suspect happened is that there were lots of phone calls between the various

Brits countries, between Brasilia and Beijing, and, dare I say, Moscow.

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