Vitaly Shevchenko
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Your car can be taken away. If you're travelling down the road, there's a roadblock and the Russian soldiers ask you for your Russian passport. You don't have it, that's it. Say goodbye to your car. So this campaign of pressure and repression and intimidation, it works on a million levels.
Your car can be taken away. If you're travelling down the road, there's a roadblock and the Russian soldiers ask you for your Russian passport. You don't have it, that's it. Say goodbye to your car. So this campaign of pressure and repression and intimidation, it works on a million levels.
And I'm Vitaly Shevchenko, one of the hosts of the Ukrainecast.
And I'm Vitaly Shevchenko, one of the hosts of the Ukrainecast.
And I'm Vitaly Shevchenko, one of the hosts of the Ukrainecast.
Well, to start answering all those questions, I'll say that there's absolutely nothing in what Russia has said or done recently to suggest that it's remotely interested in peace in Ukraine. Just this morning, authorities in Ukraine said that six civilians were killed and 46 injured in the latest wave of Russian violence.
Well, to start answering all those questions, I'll say that there's absolutely nothing in what Russia has said or done recently to suggest that it's remotely interested in peace in Ukraine. Just this morning, authorities in Ukraine said that six civilians were killed and 46 injured in the latest wave of Russian violence.
Well, to start answering all those questions, I'll say that there's absolutely nothing in what Russia has said or done recently to suggest that it's remotely interested in peace in Ukraine. Just this morning, authorities in Ukraine said that six civilians were killed and 46 injured in the latest wave of Russian violence.
Und wenn es um Russlands Rhetorik geht, hat Sergej Ryabkov, ein Abgeordneter, gesagt am Dienstag, ich glaube, dass wir alle diese Friedensinitiative von den Vereinigten Staaten mögen, aber was ist mit den unterliegenden Gründen dieses Konflikts? Und dadurch, denke ich, bedeutet Russland die Existenz der Ukraine als sovereignen Staat.
Und wenn es um Russlands Rhetorik geht, hat Sergej Ryabkov, ein Abgeordneter, gesagt am Dienstag, ich glaube, dass wir alle diese Friedensinitiative von den Vereinigten Staaten mögen, aber was ist mit den unterliegenden Gründen dieses Konflikts? Und dadurch, denke ich, bedeutet Russland die Existenz der Ukraine als sovereignen Staat.
Und wenn es um Russlands Rhetorik geht, hat Sergej Ryabkov, ein Abgeordneter, gesagt am Dienstag, ich glaube, dass wir alle diese Friedensinitiative von den Vereinigten Staaten mögen, aber was ist mit den unterliegenden Gründen dieses Konflikts? Und dadurch, denke ich, bedeutet Russland die Existenz der Ukraine als sovereignen Staat.
So all that tells me that we are nowhere near a lasting peace or even a ceasefire in Ukraine. And the visit by this senior Russian official? Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. So he's all about money. And it's telling that Russia chose to dispatch him to the United States, knowing that Donald Trump is largely about money and dealmaking as well.
So all that tells me that we are nowhere near a lasting peace or even a ceasefire in Ukraine. And the visit by this senior Russian official? Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. So he's all about money. And it's telling that Russia chose to dispatch him to the United States, knowing that Donald Trump is largely about money and dealmaking as well.
So all that tells me that we are nowhere near a lasting peace or even a ceasefire in Ukraine. And the visit by this senior Russian official? Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. So he's all about money. And it's telling that Russia chose to dispatch him to the United States, knowing that Donald Trump is largely about money and dealmaking as well.
So, after holding all those meetings in Washington, Kirill Dmitriev, he said that they discussed various initiatives like Russian Earths, cooperation in the Arctic between Russia and the United States, the return of American companies to Russia, and himself, he is sanctioned by the United States. So this means, I think, that Russia is trying to offer America
So, after holding all those meetings in Washington, Kirill Dmitriev, he said that they discussed various initiatives like Russian Earths, cooperation in the Arctic between Russia and the United States, the return of American companies to Russia, and himself, he is sanctioned by the United States. So this means, I think, that Russia is trying to offer America
So, after holding all those meetings in Washington, Kirill Dmitriev, he said that they discussed various initiatives like Russian Earths, cooperation in the Arctic between Russia and the United States, the return of American companies to Russia, and himself, he is sanctioned by the United States. So this means, I think, that Russia is trying to offer America
A better deal than Ukraine would ever be able to offer.
A better deal than Ukraine would ever be able to offer.
A better deal than Ukraine would ever be able to offer.