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#Ukraine: Zelensky on the back foot, talk of confiscating Russian assets & What is to be done Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

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#Ukraine: Zelensky on the back foot, talk of confiscating Russian assets & What is to be done Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/01/06/us-voter-support-for-ukraine-waning-poll-reveals/

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0:00.0

This is a CVS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor Ukraine. London

0:09.2

Reporting. Voters in key US battleground states believe that America has given too much military support to Ukraine

0:18.0

according to a new poll by the London Telegraph.

0:21.6

A third of the voters in six swing states said they thought America had spent too much on supporting

0:27.3

Ukraine.

0:28.3

A large minority in five of the six said,

0:31.1

age should now be cut. I welcome Katrina Vanneh, the editorial director

0:36.7

and publisher of the Nation magazine and a columnist at the Washington Post.

0:41.4

Katrina, we've moved from having doubts about refinancing the needs of

0:46.2

Ukraine to cutting the allocation to Ukraine. In the EU we had similar doubts voiced at the last meeting in Brussels and there was no

0:56.4

unanimity and therefore no money flowing to Ukraine. This doesn't surprise

1:01.3

people such as yourself who've been watching the falling away from Ukraine.

1:08.0

I also mentioned that Mr. Zelensky is coming under pressure in Ukraine.

1:13.0

From Mr. Kletko, the mayor of Keith, from Petroshenko, the previous president of the

1:20.4

previous president of Ukraine and from the unlikely but possible

1:26.4

replacements illusioning the general and chief of the army. Are these the last days

1:30.9

of Vladimir Zolunsky? has he outworn his welcome?

1:34.1

Good evening to you.

1:35.9

Good evening, John.

1:36.7

I think from the very beginning we have spoken about the danger of committing

1:41.9

so many resources to a country, a great country but not one in

1:46.2

America's national security interest. I mean obviously Russia is closer by and has a long history and taking over basically the defense budget of Ukraine

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