All right, Alexander, we are going to discuss Zelensky's tour of the United States in your video update from the other day.

You mentioned that Zelensky in the U.S. pushing his victory plan is really Zelensky in the U.S.

pushing his survival plan because for Zelensky to stay in power,

he needs to keep the war going. Unfortunately, this is just the reality of the situation. And so he is in the

United States and he is pushing for money he is pushing for weapons long-range missile

strikes into pre-2014 Russian territory and most importantly and perhaps the the most dangerous

part of his victory plan at least from the reports that we're getting from media like Bloomberg

this is what they're saying.

The key component to his victory plan is Ukraine entry into NATO. And we're not talking Ukraine

entry into NATO in five years or 10 years or something like that. We're talking in the next

month or two or three. Zelensky wants Ukraine in NATO, and he wants Article 5 protection,

and the whole nine yards.

So what are your thoughts about Zelensky's victory plan tour of the United States,

which you defined so well as his survival plan.

Right, I think the first thing to say is that it's not a victory plan.

In fact, Zelensky himself is now admitting that the situation is becoming critical for Ukraine.

He's making admissions like this that he's never made before.

He says that Ukraine can't go on fighting in the way that it is,

that it's almost exhausted, its resources are almost tapped out.

I mean, it's in a critical situation.

So he acknowledges that.

But he still talks about a victory plan.

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