Trump Has 'Productive' Talks With Zelenskyy And Netanyahu, France Wildfires
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What was announced at the top of the episode and who are the hosts?
President Trump's support for Ukraine seems to be growing. First, the approval to build Patriot missiles at the NATO summit, and now a cordial Oval Office meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. That's Michelle Martin, I'm Leila Faldil, and this is Up First from NPR News. The relationship between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the other hand, has been rocky. They're making a lot of decisions and disagreeing on a lot of decisions. How could this affect the U.S. war with Iran? And in France, raging wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. Firefighters are working around the clock to contain the fires, but a new heat wave is threatening to undermine their work.
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Yeah, by all accounts, positive. We all remember the big blow up they had in the Oval Office last year, but they've met several times since, including twice this month, and they've been steadily rebuilding the relationship. Trump has been treating Zelensky with more respect, especially as Ukraine gained the momentum with its punishing drone strikes against Russia. There were no cameras at the meeting yesterday, and Trump hasn't commented, but Zelensky called it a good meeting. He also received a warm welcome from more than 60 senators from both parties. So the general tone keeps improving, though Ukraine is looking for more, namely weapons. Yeah, but Trump has effectively cut off additional military aid to Ukraine.
Is there any sign of change on this front? No, and not in terms of the U.S. directly sending weapons to Ukraine. But Trump does appear to be following through on an offer he made to Zelensky earlier this month. He said Ukraine can have a license to build its own Patriot air defense missiles. And right after Zelensky wrapped up the meeting with Trump, he headed to talks with executives at Lockheed Martin, which makes the Patriots. Now, Ukraine has become a world leader in making drones. But making the Patriot air defense missile is a very complex task and it could take years. So this is by no means a quick fix. Can you give us a sense of what it's like to be in Ukraine with these regular airstrikes? Yeah, the Russians fire drones and missiles all over Ukraine every night.
Ukraine says it shoots down around 90 percent of the drones with its own interceptor drones. And Ukraine also had enough Patriots and other weapons to shoot down most incoming Russian missiles, but now a much higher percentage of those Russian ballistic missiles are reaching the targets because Ukraine is just low on the Patriots.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What was announced at the top of the episode and who are the hosts?
0:02–8:02
2
How did Trump and Zelenskyy describe their recent Oval Office meeting?
8:02–11:49
3
Why is Ukraine seeking more military support despite improved ties with Trump?
11:49–12:59
4
What would it take for Ukraine to build its own Patriot air defense systems?
12:59–14:39
Speakers
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