Joanna Kakissis
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366 appearances
46 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 7 Sep
Joanna Kakissis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Good morning, Michelle.
So all three men said the talks were substantive and new ideas had been presented, but they didn't offer any details about these ideas, even when reporters pressed them.
Now, the men were seated on this stage outside the ornate presidential palace in Kiev under rainy and gray skies.
Jared Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, said President Trump wants to end the war as soon as possible.
A Ukrainian journalist asked, you know, could this happen as early as this winter?
And Kushner said he wants to try.
Zelensky looked really skeptical as Kushner said this, and he told reporters afterwards that he expects Russia to continue the war.
And because Ukraine is facing another brutal winter, with more Russian airstrikes on its energy grid expected, Zelensky says he is pushing for aid that includes more air defense supplies.
Joanna, can you just
Yeah, well, you know, the White House, which has sponsored these talks, has been occupied with Iran since the U.S.
and Israel attacked Iran in February.
However, a member of Ukraine's negotiating team told me that the Ukrainians actually never stopped communicating with Trump's team and even occasionally with Russian representatives.
Well, actually, no, not really, because the two sides remain so far apart on crucial issues.
For example, consider the very sensitive issue of territory.
Russia has pushed for Ukraine's
To give up land it still controls in exchange for a peace deal.
Public opinion polls say that most Ukrainians strongly oppose this.
Now, Zelensky said he did discuss the territory issue with Kushner and Witkoff.
he's saying something this sensitive can only be handled by leaders, himself, Vladimir Putin, with maybe Trump and the Europeans also involved.
Yeah, well, Michelle, for Zelensky, the symbolism of just seeing Trump's envoys in Kiev mattered.
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