Moscow says West "fragmenting" over Ukraine
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What is the Kremlin's stance on Western support for Ukraine?
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Russia says Western governments are starting to fragment over the war in Ukraine, describing Friday's public row between Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump as unprecedented. Police in the German city of Mannheim say at least one person has died after a car drove into a crowd of people. Anora, the story of a stripper in New York, sweeps the Oscars board.
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Stinging words from the UN on what they see as happening in the United States. Over the weekend, a raft of international leaders descended on London for talks on Ukraine. President Zelensky was there, as were the heads of government of France, Germany, Italy and Canada. Their task, how to lead the charge in ending fighting, despite Donald Trump's very public spat with the Ukrainian president at the White House on Friday. But Moscow has responded with derision, saying Western governments are fragmenting. President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has said peace can't be achieved while Europe pumps more military aid into Ukraine.
There were also statements that it was urgently necessary to ensure an increased level of financing for Ukraine. This is clearly not for a peace plan, but for the continuation of hostilities. That is our understanding.
Mr Peskov also said no coordinated peace plan was on the agenda yet. Here's Danny Eberhard.
Publicly, at least, the Kremlin is containing the glee it no doubt feels over the events of recent weeks. It started with the radical shift in US relations towards Moscow initiated by President Trump and reached a new level with what Russia sees as the public humiliation of Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, spoke of a fractured West. He's not wrong, but European leaders are trying to formulate proposals to try to persuade the Trump administration to agree to joint security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure any prospective peace would be fair and durable.
Ukrainian officials and media have expressed scepticism about the outcome of the London summit. Vitaly Shevchenko is from BBC Monitoring.
People are saying, well, look, we've heard words before. Words are worth nothing. One journalist, that's his commentary on what happened in London yesterday. And there's another military analysis account on X that's been commenting on these agreements. And it says, nothing short of boots on the ground and readiness to shoot and be targeted is will be truly affected. So that's the kind of mood in Ukraine. We need more. We need action. But there's cautious optimism as well. One MP, Oleksiy Honcharenko, he welcomes this European initiative to mediate between Ukraine and the USA. He says this is a good start. But then again, he says, how did we end up in a situation when Europe has to mediate between Ukraine and its biggest ally, the United States?
He says, this is madness. So in a nutshell, there's hope, but also a fair amount of scepticism.
Vitaly Shevchenko. And we'll be putting your questions about Ukraine, that Trump news conference and the subsequent diplomatic fallout to our BBC correspondence. Let us know what you'd like answered by sending us an email or a voice note to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. The UN's human rights chief has said he's concerned by what he called a fundamental shift in the United States.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Kremlin's stance on Western support for Ukraine?
0:38–15:22
2
How did Anora sweep the Oscars board?
15:22
3
What is the UN's criticism of the United States?
2:28–6:27
4
What happened in Mannheim, Germany?
6:27–9:05
5
What are the details of the Israeli decision affecting Gaza?
9:05–12:12
6
What is Austria's new government coalition?
12:12–14:25
7
How are US-China trade relations evolving?
14:25–17:32
8
What were the highlights of the latest Oscars?
17:32–31:33
Speakers
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Narrator 8 min
Judith Saminwa-Tuluka 3 min
Dabula Kamoli 2 min
Lise Doucette 2 min
Emma Barnett 2 min
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2 min
Katya Adler 1 min
Vitaly Shevchenko 1 min
Esme Stallard 1 min
Hostage Family Representative 1 min
Oscar Piastri 1 min
BBC Reporter 1 min
Bethany Bell 1 min
Celia Hatton 1 min
Laura Bicker 1 min
David Sillitoe 1 min
Anne Soy
Austrian Politician
Mikey Madison
Zoe Kleinman
Russian Spokesperson
Sean Lay
Peter Bowes
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