Lyse Doucet

It had so penetrated the thinking that every delay in American aid means an increase in lives lost. inches of territory that Russia is going to take. That's how consequential it was.

It had so penetrated the thinking that every delay in American aid means an increase in lives lost. inches of territory that Russia is going to take. That's how consequential it was.

It had so penetrated the thinking that every delay in American aid means an increase in lives lost. inches of territory that Russia is going to take. That's how consequential it was.

I just want to jump in here because James mentioned the word one million. And well, both of Vitaly and James would know that I heard MPs bitterly telling the story of the one million bullets. 2023, the EU said, promised Ukraine, in one year, we will send you one million bullets. And one year on, they had only sent half.

I just want to jump in here because James mentioned the word one million. And well, both of Vitaly and James would know that I heard MPs bitterly telling the story of the one million bullets. 2023, the EU said, promised Ukraine, in one year, we will send you one million bullets. And one year on, they had only sent half.

I just want to jump in here because James mentioned the word one million. And well, both of Vitaly and James would know that I heard MPs bitterly telling the story of the one million bullets. 2023, the EU said, promised Ukraine, in one year, we will send you one million bullets. And one year on, they had only sent half.

Yes, and Afghans certainly are mentioning it a lot. You see conversations on social media. I mean, they're very, very different societies, very different wars. Afghanistan became America's longest war. It lasted through two Republican, two Democratic administrations. But the way President Trump is approaching the end of the Ukraine war has a lot of similarity to how he approached the Afghan war.

Yes, and Afghans certainly are mentioning it a lot. You see conversations on social media. I mean, they're very, very different societies, very different wars. Afghanistan became America's longest war. It lasted through two Republican, two Democratic administrations. But the way President Trump is approaching the end of the Ukraine war has a lot of similarity to how he approached the Afghan war.

Yes, and Afghans certainly are mentioning it a lot. You see conversations on social media. I mean, they're very, very different societies, very different wars. Afghanistan became America's longest war. It lasted through two Republican, two Democratic administrations. But the way President Trump is approaching the end of the Ukraine war has a lot of similarity to how he approached the Afghan war.

First of all, at that time, Afghanistan was at the top of the news, not Ukraine. It was before the Ukraine war, before Russia's full-scale invasion. And President Trump promised in his election campaign the first time around that he would bring all the troops home from Afghanistan. President Biden had spoken about that as well. But when he did it, he gave away the most important thing.

First of all, at that time, Afghanistan was at the top of the news, not Ukraine. It was before the Ukraine war, before Russia's full-scale invasion. And President Trump promised in his election campaign the first time around that he would bring all the troops home from Afghanistan. President Biden had spoken about that as well. But when he did it, he gave away the most important thing.

First of all, at that time, Afghanistan was at the top of the news, not Ukraine. It was before the Ukraine war, before Russia's full-scale invasion. And President Trump promised in his election campaign the first time around that he would bring all the troops home from Afghanistan. President Biden had spoken about that as well. But when he did it, he gave away the most important thing.

At the beginning, he said, I'm going to bring all my troops home. Same as the concessions when we heard from after President Trump's conversation with President Putin, we heard the U.S. Defense Secretary saying there'll be no Ukrainian membership of NATO. It's unrealistic for Ukraine to get any of its land pre-2014 back.

At the beginning, he said, I'm going to bring all my troops home. Same as the concessions when we heard from after President Trump's conversation with President Putin, we heard the U.S. Defense Secretary saying there'll be no Ukrainian membership of NATO. It's unrealistic for Ukraine to get any of its land pre-2014 back.

At the beginning, he said, I'm going to bring all my troops home. Same as the concessions when we heard from after President Trump's conversation with President Putin, we heard the U.S. Defense Secretary saying there'll be no Ukrainian membership of NATO. It's unrealistic for Ukraine to get any of its land pre-2014 back.

And also the way they treated, there was notice, I remember at the time how shocked we were, that he would treat the Taliban leadership with such respect, in the same way he's treating President Putin with such respect. And he would snipe and dismiss and jeer. And Pompeo, his secretary of state at the time, did the same thing, dismissing

And also the way they treated, there was notice, I remember at the time how shocked we were, that he would treat the Taliban leadership with such respect, in the same way he's treating President Putin with such respect. And he would snipe and dismiss and jeer. And Pompeo, his secretary of state at the time, did the same thing, dismissing

And also the way they treated, there was notice, I remember at the time how shocked we were, that he would treat the Taliban leadership with such respect, in the same way he's treating President Putin with such respect. And he would snipe and dismiss and jeer. And Pompeo, his secretary of state at the time, did the same thing, dismissing

The government, the Afghan government, which in principle should have been the main partner of the United States. But mostly Afghans sort of throw it out there and say to the Ukrainians, beware when someone, an American president says to you, we are with you for the long run because we found out. how long that run is.

The government, the Afghan government, which in principle should have been the main partner of the United States. But mostly Afghans sort of throw it out there and say to the Ukrainians, beware when someone, an American president says to you, we are with you for the long run because we found out. how long that run is.