This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

This is CBS, I on the world.

I'm John Bachelor.

I welcome Anatole-Leven,

the director of the Eurasia Project

at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

He's been traveling in the caucuses and across the European map.

He's now in his native Britain.

We turn to a matter that wears on the leadership of all the states of Europe, Ukraine.

Over the last week, there's been a sizable turn by the Trump administration away from

geopolitics and towards domestic affairs, having to do with the price of money and also

revelations of Mr. Trump's activity with a now deceased felon in the past.

However, the matter of Ukraine presses everyone.

I come to the news that continues last week.

After the U.S. reversed its decision not to send new weapons to Ukraine

and is now said to be sending new weapons to Ukraine,

the Russian air assault with drones, hundreds of drones and missiles, continues wearing down Ukraine. The Russian air assault with drones, hundreds of drones and missiles continues

wearing down Ukrainian defenses. They attack especially at night because Ukraine has a manpower

shortage. At the same time, there is talk, just talk, that the Russians are building up a shock

army, that is what it's called, of either 130 or 160,000,

of combat troops to launch in the campaign season, which we're in the middle of right now.

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