Will Vernon

In a few minutes a new year will arrive. And I would give everything, everything in this world, so that in this address I could say that peace too would arrive in a few minutes. Sadly, I cannot yet say that. But with a clear conscience, I and all of us can say this. Ukraine is doing everything possible for peace.

Things haven't changed significantly on the battlefield in the last year. Yes, the Russians have made some small gains, but at a really kind of glacially slow pace. They haven't even managed to fully capture the strategic city of Pokrovsk, which I think we were talking about on this program maybe two months ago. I was in Kiev a year ago today, and the mood among Ukrainians was much the same as it is now.

Nyt on tyhjyys, kyllä, kärsimykset, mutta myös kärsimykset ja välttämätöntä Moskoon. Mutta on yllättävää, että russinen armi on onnistunut ja Ukraina on menossa. Zelenski mainitsi, että rukouksissa on 90 prosenttia tehtyä rukouksia. Mutta se 10 prosentti on täysin tärkeä.

Because Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine withdraw entirely from the Donbass region. Ukraine is instead proposing that both sides pull back. But I think that's going to be an absolute non-starter for Moscow. Because Putin believes he's winning the war. He's only going to stop his advancing armies if it's on Russia's terms. And withdrawing Russian troops from the front line is certainly not on Russia's terms. So it's difficult to see a way forward for that 10%.

Well, the Ukrainians continue to deny it, and they've been joined in that view, as you mentioned, by European officials, most notably Kaya Kallis. President Trump initially appeared to support Moscow's view of all this, but he's been posting content on social media suggesting he's perhaps inclined to disbelieve that now. The Wall Street Journal tonight are reporting that U.S. national security officials have concluded there was no attack on

Mutta se on vain yksi raportti. Meillä ei ole vielä mitään todennäköistä tietoa siitä. On vaikea nähdä, miksi Kiev päättäisi vahvistaa presidentiaalisen asuntoa. Se on todella hyvin vahvistettu asunto. Vahvistus presidentiaalisen asuntoon Ruotsissa on erinomainen.

Many air defense systems, there are all kinds of electronic jamming and electronic warfare resources there. And there's also the question of why would the Ukrainians carry out such a risky move, right? Targeting a presidential residence would be a really serious escalation. And very little evidence that they've done it. I mean, there was some very badly done video footage.

Yes, and the Ukrainians say that this is all Russian disinformation, right, to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Washington. Why the Ukrainians would do that at a time when they're trying to convince Donald Trump that Kiev wants peace and Moscow doesn't, that would be a really weird thing to do. Will Vernon.