Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.

Oh yeah.

Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular

audiobook titles, including Romantasy, autobiographies, true crime, and more.

Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their

flight. Amazon Music Unlimited now includes audible. No way. Download the Amazon Music app now to start

listening. Terms apply. This is CBS Iron the World. I'm John Bachelor. Bill. Bill Rajos, Senior Fellow Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

keeping the Long War Journal, joins me as my colleague and co-host.

And we're very pleased to welcome a man who makes sense for us about the Ukraine war.

Every week, John Hardy of the FD, you can find John's postings at the Long War Journal. Right now,

we've got a confusion of voices coming out of Europe. And we begin with Germany Schultz promises

685 million military aid in Keef amid domestic turmoil. German Chancellor O'Lov Schultz unveiled more euro, $685 million of new military aid as he

came to Keefe on Monday.

He's in Keefe.

Vowing Berlin would remain Ukraine's biggest backer in Europe at a crucial moment in the war,

with Donald Trump set to return to the White House.

There's enough tension in all those sentences. John, a very good day to you. I summarize quickly.

Mr. Zelensky has said in these last days, he's ready for negotiation. As long as NATO guarantees

that he, what is left of his country, can join NATO, as long as he gets more missiles,

as long as he's confident that NATO will stick by its words.

At the same time, we have an offensive launch by Russia against the energy infrastructure of Ukraine

that is very badly damaging its ability to maintain lights and heat

...